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  • Lean Tips Edition #322 (#3856 – #3870)

    Lean Tips Edition #322 (#3856 – #3870)0

    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

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  • Lean Roundup #196 – September 2025

    Lean Roundup #196 – September 20250

    A selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers from the month of September 2025.  You can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here.   Fear and Futility: Two Barriers to Improvement (and How Leaders Can Remove Them) – Mark Graban explains how fear and futility undermine improvement and what leaders can do to eliminate these

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  • Lean Quote: If You Want to Be Interesting, You Have to Be Interested

    Lean Quote: If You Want to Be Interesting, You Have to Be Interested0

    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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  • 10 Keys for Lean Daily Management

    10 Keys for Lean Daily Management0

    10 Keys for Lean Daily Management: Driving Continuous Improvement Organizations often start their lean journey with Kaizen workshops, aiming for quick wins. However, many see improvements fade over time because lean depends on people consistently applying the tools. Tools like standard work succeed only when individuals understand, care, and use them daily. Lean daily management

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  • Embrace a Lean Mindset vs Hero Mentality

    Embrace a Lean Mindset vs Hero Mentality0

    At first glance, the “hero” mentality might seem like a workplace virtue. It’s the employee who takes charge in every crisis and seemingly save the day when systems fail. The organization’s heroes put in the long hours to get the job done – because, and often ostensibly, because others in the organization do not have

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  • Don’t Judge Too Quickly

    Don’t Judge Too Quickly0

    Why do people judge too quickly before knowing them? This is probably an artifact of the history of our species. It’s part of our hardwiring and a survival strategy. Our brains make snap judgments about people because it’s in our best interest to do so from a survival perspective. Not only does it help us

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Tim McMahon is a Lean implementation leader, author, and blogger. As a Lean practitioner, Tim brings more 25 years of leadership experience implementing Lean manufacturing. Trained by disciples of the Toyota Production System, he worked in a Shingo Prize winning facility.

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