A Year Ago On A Lean Journey (32-2012)

2011

• 8 Ways to Create an Infrastructure that Supports Lean Replayed is a webinar Jeff Hajek and I did on what is needed for a Lean Infrastructure.
  
• Lean and Green - Together Maximizing Efficiency through Waste Elimination is about the synergy and benefits of Lean and Green.
  
• A Standup Desk is Lean, Literally discusses the benefits of a standup desk. 
  
• Just Stand - Tools for Planning Your Workspace highlights a series of ergonomic tips for optimizing your workplace.
  
• Lean Quote: The Responsibility of a Lean Leader lists 10 key responsibilities for a Lean leader.

2010

• Book Review: On the Mend shares my thoughts on Toussaint and Gerard''s wonderful story of Lean Transformation in healthcare.
  
• Strategic Listening uncovers 4 levels of communication that lead to strategic listening.
  

2009

• The Broken Windows Theory and 5S looks at the connection of the broken window theory and 5S sudits.
  
• Total Employee Involvement summarizes an interview with Campbell CEO Douglas Conant on employee engagement.

A Year Ago On A Lean Journey (31-2012)

2011

• Lean Leadership: Getting Executive Buy-in examines several strategies for getting executive buy-in for Lean implementation.
  
• Lean Quote: Promoting Respect in the Workplace reminds us creating a work environment where respect for people is prominent.

2010

• The Emotion™ Roadmap: A Proactive Change Management Tool examines a way to look at the emotions of change.
  
• Lean Quote: Get it Right or Can't Get it Wrong is about learning from our mistakes and trying to poka yoke our processes.
  

2009

• A Formula for Success explains a formula for prioritizing tasks based on Covey's important and urgent matrix.
  
• The 5S Numbers Game shares a simple exercise you can use to teach and demonstrate the benefits of 5S.

A Year Ago On A Lean Journey (30-2012)

2011

• The Top Ten Reasons to Like A Lean Journey Facebook Page lists ten reasons why you should be connected with A Lean Journey's Facebook page.
  
• Lean is the Means to be Green is about the synergy of Lean and green thinking and methodologies.
  
• Personal Continuous Improvement - A Lesson in Feedback is a video explaining how to use feedback to improve personally. 
  
• Lean Quote: Appreciation - It's Free and Worth a Fortune highlights 3 ways to thank and celebrate your employees.
  

2010

• The Characteristics of a Lean Enterprise shares 15 characteristics that define a Lean enterprise.
  
• Reducing Wasted Motion Really Pays Off is a video demonstrating the waste of motion in an office assembly process.
  

2009

• The Rudolph Factor and the Eighth Waste explains the waste of underutilized talent and how the Rudolph factor for encouraging creative people.
  
• Is Your ERP System Working For You? lists 10 warning signs to look if your ERP system is killing your business.

A Year Ago On A Lean Journey (29-2012)

2011

• Lean Quote: It's About The Journey and Sometimes It Starts With Failure is about the importance of learning from failure.
  
• Lean, What's in a Name From Those Who Label It is a video from Willington Nameplate highlighting their Lean journey.
  
• Guest Post: What Could Be Easier? The 4 Step Deming Cycle is by Christian Paulsen and he talks about using PDCA to solve problems. 
  
• Guest Post: How Does Your Hospital Give Excellent Service? is from Brian Buck about using Lean in healthcare to add value to service..
  

2010

• Common Myths of Bottlenecks dispels 5 myths of dealing with bottlenecks and how to recognize them .
  
• Book Review: Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream was a review I did on LEI's latest supply chain workbook.
  

2009

• In Search of Lost Time provides a strategy using the acronym SPACER to improve your meeting efficiency.
  
• Doofus and Leanie - A Lean Style Cartoon uncovered a cartoon series by Mark Graban on Lean Thinking.
  

A Year Ago On A Lean Journey (28-2012)

2011

• Guest Post: Second Try at My Personal Kanban is by Matt Wrye on his personal kanban system for personal productivity.
  
• Guest Post: Lean Sales and Marketing – Not without a new Toolset! is from Joe Dager on some improvement methods for Lean Sales and Marketing.
  
• Guest Post: It’s Better Than Stuffing Your Ears With Wax is about Dan Markovitz's personal kanban system which incorporates reoccurring tasks like email. 
  
• Guest Lean Quote: Root Causes Should Make Solutions Clear is about finding clear solutions with PDCA to determine the root cause, written by Christian Paulsen.
  

2010

• Do You Know How to Handle Your Constraint? defines 10 principles for managing a constraint.
  
• Good Advice for Anytime is about an interview in which Tom Peters explains what you can do to deal with tough times.
  
• Lean Quote, July 16, 2010: Leadership covers the characteristics that make-up leadership.
  

2009

• Stop Fighting Fires explains the difference between a fire fighting culture and a problem solving culture.
  
• How to Save Time with Email provides several strategies for dealing with email so it doesn't kill productivity.
  

A Year Ago on A Lean Journey (25-2012)

2011

• Pull Systems: An Essential Lean Element highlights an AME article in Target done from an event I led at my factory.
  
• Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness, and Superior Results is a book review about two very powerful elements in Lean coaching and daily improvement .
  
• Lean. There's an App for That. explains LEI's Lean app for your smartphone and tablets.
  
• Lean Quote: Leadership Requires Persistence is about an important leadership quality which is persistence.
  

2010

• Change is Difficult explains the human side of why change is so difficult for us and what we can do about it.
  
• Guest Post: The “Process” to Improve Your Bottom Line is a guest post from Tom Pesaturo on using process mapping to make improvements.
  

2009

• No "Fat" Behavior, Please talks about another Lean waste, the waste of non-Lean behavior.
  
• Not All Groups are Teams explains a difference that is commonly overlooked when working together.
  

A Year Ago On A Lean Journey (24-2012)

2011

• A Tribute to Eli Goldratt was post to recognize the great work of Eli after his passing.
  
• 8 Things to Avoid to Make Your Kaizen More Successful Replayed is a video of a webinar Jeff Hajek and I did on making your Kaizens effective.
  
• Lean Lessons From The Stanley Cup Winning Boston Bruins looks at 10 lessons from Boston Bruins after winning the Stanley Cup.
  

2010

• Simplicity: When Details Matter is about a TED video on taking a simple approach when tackling business problems.
  
• The Scrap Market: A Place for Defects explains a visual management system that can easily make a pareto of defects to aide in problem solving.
  

2009

• Single Point Lessons: An Educational Tool explains and describes single point lessons and how it can be a teaching aide .