Lean Roundup #199 – December 2025
- Lean Roundup
- December 29, 2025
On Friday’s I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
READ MOREZig Ziglar, the popular American motivational speaker and self help author, said “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” In a recent article several employee motivational myths are debunked: Many think money motivates but studies show that motivating with money is not effective because
READ MORECulture can be defined as the day-to-day experience of the ordinary worker. Many think culture creates successful results but the contrary is true. Performance drives culture. If there is success, people tend to exhibit enthusiasm for change, great support, great teamwork, and great management. Although Lean often involves revolutionary change, culture change is evolutionary, day
READ MOREOn Friday’s I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
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While staying at a hotel recently I noticed a simple visual poka yoke. Poka yoke is the Japanese term for mistake proofing. In this case a two cable phone jack is color coded and labeled to indicate the phone line and the modem line. This picture is a little hard to see but the phone line
READ MOREConditions within and outside organizations are constantly changing. It follows, therefore, that the way work is organized and accomplished must change periodically to cope with changing conditions. The only constant is “change” itself and successful organizations by definition do this better than anyone else. Anyone who has worked in or led an organization’s transformation understands
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