Lean thinking affects all facets of an organization. Every person, activity, product, service, process, system, or method represent an opportunity for continuous improvement. If the devil is in the details, then lean thinking extends to understanding and improving the “little things” we do every day, not just as teams, but as individuals too. Lean thinking embraced at a personal level […]
- 5S
- Advanced Lean Manufacturing
- Collaboration
- Cost Control
- Customer Satisfaction
- Eliminate Waste
- Execution
- Goals
- Lean
- Lean Thinking
- Mission
- Objectives
- Pareto's Law
- Strategy
- Vision
Micro Lean in 2020
Leadership is NOT an Event
We’ve all been to the employee “town hall” meetings where a senior executive attempts to motivate the team and clarify the vision just one more time. A captive audience, donuts, and free coffee are all it takes to reignite the passion and synergy that once was – or so they like to think. Leadership is not an event, it’s a […]
Collaboration …
Great minds don’t necessarily think alike, they think together. ~ Redge How many times have you heard someone say you should just set aside your differences and move on? I suggest that bringing our differences to the table is an opportunity to create something that is new and better than we ever imagined. We tend to be quite content when […]