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Do you jump to solutions? One of the biggest problems we have in problem-solving is our habit to jump to solutions without really understanding what problem we are trying to...
How often does your organization, your team, or even yourself take intentional time to check, to reflect, to study, and to learn, on the progress that you’re making towards goals...
If you were to write down the 10 most important principles that you live by, what would they be? This is your credo. Why is a personal credo important? Writing...
What does the word “kaizen” mean to you? You likely know the word kaizen to mean “continuous improvement” or just “improvement”. Perhaps you first heard the term associated with doing...
How patient and intentional are you? I don’t know about you, but oftentimes I find it incredibly difficult to be patient or to slow down. In our fast paced days...
Are you navigating towards a culture of continuous improvement, or are you stuck in the trap of only “continuous appearance”? In his new book Avoiding the Continuous Appearance Trap, Patrick...
Bad luck out, good luck in! Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi! I don’t know about you, but I’m definitely ready for good spirits and good luck to be ushered...
The power of AND How often do you find yourself using the word BUT or framing a situation as an EITHER / OR scenario? If you are anything like me,...
What is your favorite mistake? Ever since my friend Mark Graban first started his new podcast last year exploring this provocative question, I have been pondering what I would consider...
As we close out a year that none of us predicted, I have been thinking back on the concept of intention and goals and what I have learned — and...
What gifts of leading do you give each day? Today I have several gifts of leading for you! In the article below (originally published on LinkedIn), I share three takeaways...
What gifts will you be giving — or receiving — this holiday season? The gift of learning is one that never ends! My Gift of Learning For YOU! If you...
What does love have to do with it? Most of us are familiar with this refrain from Tina Turner’s famous song from the 1980s, but
Last week I had the pleasure of participating in the Lean Transformation Summit in Carlsbad, California. It was the first time that I’d attended the all
As I’ve written about in earlier posts, last spring I led a study trip to the Japanese “5S City” of Ashikaga to learn about how organizations in
Last week Mark Graban published a podcast on his website LeanBlog.org that we recorded recently about how living in Japan has shaped my perspective a Lean thinker and
Last spring I led a study trip to the Japanese town of Ashikaga, which considers itself to be the “5S Mecca of the world”, to
Getting out of the habits of telling and showing up as the “expert” are two of the most important habits to break if you want to
It’s that time of year again for reflection and resetting of goals and intentions -the “Check-Adjust” and “Plan” parts of the Plan-Do-Check-Adjust (PDCA) Cycle. If you
Endings, beginnings and reflections 2016 ended with with joy and sadness, with my family coming together to celebrate the holidays and with my father passing
Earlier this year I led a Lean study trip to the Japanese town of Ashikaga, which considers itself to be the “5S Mecca of the
What was the thinking that led up to the development of the Toyota Way in 2001? I asked my friend Mr. Isao Yoshino, a 40-year Toyota
Is your organization fit or flabby? Is your organization fit or flabby? That’s the provocative question that Dan Markovitz asks in his book Building the
What did you learn about Lean in Japan? Many of you have asked me to name my top take-aways about lean, leadership and culture now
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