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Lean Financial Planning – How well does your budget serve its purpose?
How well does your budget serve its purpose? Asking this question can lead to a rich and revealing discussion with…
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The Hard Work of Making Hard Work Easier
We persevere by struggling to overcome the challenges of hard work, argues Mark Reich. And, he says it is also…
Read article Grit, PDCA, Lean and other four-letter words
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the nature of what author Angela Duckworth calls Grit. She defines grit as a…
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26. On the Job: A conversation with Dr. Lynn Kelley about sustaining change at Union Pacific
Dr. Lynn Kelley was hired by Union Pacific to lead the introduction of the “UP Way” company-wide. The UP Way…
Listen to podcast Can lean management help with the start of production?
Dear Gemba Coach: Can lean management help with the start of production?
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What Ever Happened to Mura?
If we really want to dig down into the root causes of waste, we need to bring the two lost…
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Let Joy Power Your Organization’s Flight
Joy is a powerful word in life and, as it turns out, in business too, says Rich Sheridan. A company…
Read article 25. What’s the Problem: A conversation with Matt Lovejoy on how LEI is trying to create more lean thinkers coming out of university
How do we create more Lean Thinkers? That is the problem we address in today’s podcast with Matt Lovejoy, Chairman…
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From Troubleshooting a Leaky Toilet Flapper to Innovating the Internet, a Comprehensive Problem-Solving Framework
Arriving at his hotel after midnight, author and business consultant Art Smalley just wanted to get some sleep before his…
Read article The Lean Farm
A cold wet fall Saturday at the Talking Farm in Skokie, IL was a workshop day of learning for a group of…
Read article 24. Coachable: Insights and approaches to situational leadership
Join my conversation with Art Smalley as he walks us through two models for situational leadership and coaching. Hersey, Blanchard…
Listen to podcast Can lean management help with toxic managers?
Dear Gemba Coach: Can lean management help with toxic managers?
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