In the 20 Mile March of your Lean Journey, it’s OK to Stop to Catch Your Breath
I don’t know what it’s been like in your company since the Covid-19 pandemic started but in ours we’ve been busier than we’ve ever been. On top of this we’ve […]
Improvement Thinking is Instinctive and as Natural as Breathing
The other weekend I joined some of my work teammates as we volunteered to make fireplaces for people who really need their lives improved by fire. Our company has a […]
Lean Reflections – Why Looking Back can be Key to Looking Forwards
Every three years the Lean Certification granted to me by the Society for Manufacturing Engineers (SME) comes up for re-certification. Part of the certification process involves recording the lean and […]
Revisiting the Flywheel – How a Flywheel concept can keep you on the long term road to greatness
Four hundred and forty two days ago I published what has been my most read article so far, From Intentional Business to Intentional Living – Adapting the Flywheel concept to […]
In Lean and in Life, start with a work standard
Yesterday, I attended a short webinar by Lean Frontiers and the TWI Institute entitled “An Introduction to Standardized Work and the 5 Levels“. This webinar is free so if you’re […]
Lean Leadership – Start with you
In the last couple of weeks I have had the privilege of introducing a whole lot of new people to the ideas and benefits of lean thinking. Many are inspired […]
Lean Leadership – With Lean, the Piggy Bank will get full even if you never measure your financials
Recently, I was helping my husband with a change management assignment he was working on. He was interviewing me about improvements in the company I work for, Escea. One of […]
Lean Leadership – Managing the Impact of Change through Respect for People
Just recently, I taught a class about ‘Managing the Impact of Change.’ As I was preparing for and delivering the class, I started to think about how deeply the ‘Respect […]
Lean Leadership – Facing the Challenges of a ‘Culture of Stopping’
A culture of stopping is where each day, everyone in the company comes together to assess the previous days performance, to focus on an improve any issues experienced, to carry out housekeeping and improvement activities and to learn and grow.
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