Keeping the Spirit of Christmas Alive All Year
- Respect For People
- December 24, 2025

A selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers from the month of October 2025. You can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here. From Know-It-All to Learn-It-All: Leadership Lessons from Mistakes – Mark Graban shares that shift–from know-it-all to learn-it-all–doesn’t weaken leaders, it makes them stronger, more resilient, and more effective. Transforming
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In 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven delivered a now-legendary commencement speech at the University of Texas at Austin. The central message was deceptively simple: Make your bed every morning. This advice later became the foundation for his bestselling book, “Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life… and Maybe the World.” At first glance, making your
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On Fridays 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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Even the most committed organizations can lose their way on the Lean journey. You may have started with strong momentum—kaizen events buzzing, visual boards filling up, and teams brimming with ideas—only to find months or years later that progress has plateaued.
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For my Facebook fans you already know about this great feature. But for those of you that are not connected to A Lean Journey on Facebook or Twitter I post daily a feature I call Lean Tips. It is meant to be advice, things I learned from experience, and some knowledge tidbits about Lean to help you along your journey. Another
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On Fridays 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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