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change agents

The Power of 1

04.22.2010

Last week I was visiting a very large operation in Costa Rica. As the strategy was being discussed, I noticed that we were going to review 5S efforts later in my visit. I started questioning this line of thought, because they had so many things going on in their organization and it was so large, [...]

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Fail, Learn, Lead

01.18.2010

Do you have a lot of room in your organization for people to learn? Or as soon as they step out of their comfort zone, do things get a little scary?
What you do as a leader has a huge impact on the behaviors of others in terms of their own learning. Scott Burken, author of [...]

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Successful Lean Steering Committees

12.21.2009

Do you have a group of people leading lean? Whether formal or informal, there is often such as group particularly early in the lean journey (meaning the first several years). I get a lot of questions by email, some by clients and others by readers. Many are two specific to the situation to share, but [...]

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Frustrated in change?

12.07.2009

Are you a change agent who is frustrated? Good. That’s part of the job.

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What is a Lean Leader?

11.11.2009

Today we began our Leading Lean course, which is one of my favorites. A lean expert who can’t engage other people stands alone. It takes leadership skills to turn a lean expert into a lean change agent.
We do a fun little exercise in the morning of day 1 with the purpose of getting people’s heads [...]

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Developing Your Lean Education Plan

11.11.2009

I am working on my next Leading Lean column and as usual, found myself really constrained by the word length limits of the column. I am writing on the topic of developing a lean education plan. Of course, this probably deserves to be turned into an ebook based on how complex and how important the [...]

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