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Leading Lean: Bring Lean to Your Sales Team

06.01.2010

I have a new post published on Assembly Magazine. See the full article on that site.
Lean applies to every function within a business. You cannot succeed on your lean journey without engaging the sales organization at some point….
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Leading Lean: Keys to Employee Engagement

04.01.2010

I have a new post published on Assembly Magazine. See the full article on that site.
Manufacturers have no trouble hanging onto key employees these days, since job opportunities are scarce. But, that hasn’t reduced the need to find new ways to engage people. No matter what type of economic opportunities a company can provide, engagement [...]

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Leading Lean: Salvage Your Waste

02.01.2010

I have a new post published on Assembly Magazine. See the full article on that site.
A great lean thinker has a lens for value….
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Leading Lean A-Z: K, Be Kinetic

01.08.2010

I have a new post published on LeanBlog. See the full article on that site.

by Jamie Flinchbaugh, Lean Learning Center
This continues a series titled Leading Lean A-Z. This post is K: Be Kinetic.
Did you ever have one of those days where you just wanted to put your feet up on your desk and breath in [...]

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Leading Lean: Learn to Improve; Improve to Learn

12.01.2009

I have a new post published on Assembly Magazine. See the full article on that site.
Continuing education is key to any lean deployment strategy….
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Idea Management

10.20.2009

I have a new post published on StartUp Blog at PartnerUp. See the full article on that site.
This is a guest post by Jamie Flinchbaugh.

I’ve met a number of people who want to start businesses but have been clawing away at the same idea for many years without progress. I’ve met just as many people [...]

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No Rx for Lean

10.07.2009

I have a new post published on Jamie Flinchbaugh on LeanBlog. See the full article on that site.
by Jamie Flinchbaugh, Lean Learning Center
I recently have had the opportunity to review a wide range of sites and companies and provide feedback on their lean journey. One of the things that really surprised me was how many [...]

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Leading Lean: Turning Thinking Into Action

10.01.2009

I have a new post published on Assembly Magazine. See the full article on that site.
An action plan is one of the most important parts of an A3 report. Turning ideas and conversations into crisp, focused action plans is something every lean leader needs to do.

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Leading Lean: Develop a Target Condition Before Your Action

09.04.2009

I have a new post published on Assembly Magazine. See the full article on that site.
My last three columns have touched on different aspects of applying lean thinking to projects and problems, including different aspects of A3 thinking and methodology. This month focuses on yet another aspect, the target condition.
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On Evolving Excellence: The Supervisor Transformed

08.24.2009

This guest blog post is now published on Evolving Excellence. See the full article on that site.
In a lean transformation, a lot of focus is placed on transforming senior leadership up to and including the CEO. This is proper effort. However, whether effective or not, the CEO has had to lead transformation before and will [...]

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