Category: Continuous Improvement>Workplace Organization

Lean and Safety

(from the archive, recorded Nov 2019) LEAN vs SAFETY — do we have to pick? It’s a common misconception that being Lean means doing things

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Uncertainty equals fear

UNCERTAINTY = FEAR (and other handy tricks our brains can play!) These days there’s a non-stop stream of media content, all trying to inform us

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Lean + Inclusion

LEAN + INCLUSION Many companies are making efforts to improve their diversity; better yet many are working on their inclusion. I have to admit —

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Reports!

R E P O R T S ! They are a fact of working life for most of us. (They are also the butt of

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In defense of sticklers

Here’s to unsung heroes! (ok, very unsung…) They might seem like a pain in the butt — those people on your team that are always

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The power of WHY

The power of W H Y Most of us spend most of our time in the WHAT — checking items off our to-do list, making

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Freedom!

F R E E D O M !!! It’s like candy (according to an engineering manager I met recently). It’s oh so sweet. It gives

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Lean + Sustainability

Let’s talk SUSTAINABILITY and LEAN: Are they the same thing? Which one comes first? How are they linked? Many people don’t understand how these popular

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