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How to read a book in an hour

06.16.2010

For those of you who have taken our Lean Experience, you know we have a very structured multi-step process to kick things off in which approximately 40 people read books, distill them to key points, share them with other, build common themes and ideas and prepare a presentation. A part of that is reading a [...]

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We’re always thinking about value

04.19.2010

“Sponsor our program and reach 100s of prospective clients” – I hear it all the time. We at the Lean Learning Center get calls and emails and mailers to sponsor conferences, programs, special reports, and so on.
But we always think in terms of value. I can’t understand what value sponsoring the continental breakfast really provides. [...]

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Why we won’t do 100 kaizens for you

04.08.2010

Every day at the Lean Learning Center is an adventure. We approach our work with clients with an extreme bias towards flexibility. We do have standard work for activities, but how we might engage a client will be different every time. And that starts with a wide range of requests. But some of them we [...]

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The new Lean Learning Center Video Blog

02.21.2010

Andy Carlino and I will be publishing occasional video blogs. We’ve done a couple of topics already, which we only posted as links directly to the video. We’ve recently added this video blog page to the Lean Learning Center website.  
If you want to stay tuned to when note posts are released, you can subscribe for [...]

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Doing More with Less

02.01.2010

This article originally appeared in Lean Progress, the quarterly newsletter of the Lean Learning Center available to subscribers. I also started this thought with a brief video blog in November.
What’s your definition of lean? There are many. Personally, I think you shouldn’t focus too much energy on developing definitions. Perhaps the most common definition however [...]

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Measurement Misnomers, and Toyota Dealership Problems

01.29.2010

On our LinkedIn Group for the Lean Learning Center, we get many good discussions and questions. We had one from Roger Cook that I thought was worth repeating and expanding upon. Here is the question:

I’m curious if any of you have foolproof ways of insuring your metrics (which lean folks are famous for measuring everything) [...]

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Guest Post at The Lean Way

01.05.2010

Today I have a guest blog post on The Simplicity of the Waste Walk on Ankit Patel’s blog The Lean Way.
Also, tomorrow The Lean Learning Center will be releasing it’s latest issue of Lean Progress newsletter. It is completely free, but you have to sign up as a member.
Today I have a guest blog post [...]

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Auditing Lean Tools

12.17.2009

How do you sustain tools such as a 5S, standard work, and more? Andy Carlino and Jamie Flinchbaugh discuss some key points to consider.

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How I’ll Be Wrapping Up the Year

11.29.2009

This year my last full work week (the week of December 14th) will be at the Lean Experience. I’m feeling good today about ending on that note, since January 2009 wasn’t a particularly good way for anyone to begin this year. The Lean Experience program is what we build the Lean Learning Center around. Although [...]

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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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