How's Your Lean Conscience?
I'm guessing very few have asked that question before. Conscience is a judgment of reason by which we recognize the quality of an act before, during or after we do it.
Gemba Tales Blog
The name "Gemba Tales" is borrowed from Mark Hamel's two Shingo Prize-winning books, Kaizen Event Fieldbook and Lean Math within which there are dozens of tales. Each tale is based upon the experienced (some successful, some not) of the author and other lean practitioners and shared for the purpose of providing insight into the application of certain lean concepts. The purpose of this blog is really no different, just a bigger community for sharing and learning.
Ready! Fire! Aim!...Maybe, We Should Have REALLY Simulated First!?
One of kaizen's unofficial taglines is, "Just do it." And it makes sense. We try to spin the PDCA wheel as fast and as frequently as possible in order to experiment and quickly learn and make adjustments.
TWI: Let's Not Forget the Original Cause and Those Who Sacrifice(d)
Training Within Industry (TWI), specifically the JM or Job Methods program (one of three within TWI), is a seed of kaizen. TWI, so successfully applied in the U.S.
Subsidiarity: A (Medieval) Lean Principle
Ron Pereira has been gracious enough to allow me to guest blog on his LSS Academy blog.
Everyone Is Special, But Lean Principles Are Universal!
My three children are well beyond the Barney years. It's been about 10 years since I was subjected to that song, but unfortunately it is burned into my brain, "Everyone is special, special. Everyone is special..." Of course, I don't disagree with that sentiment, just the inane song.
The Human Side of the Kaizen Event - Part II
Last week, Defense Industry Daily posted the first half of an article authored by yours truly and Chuck Wolfe.
Sensei Facilitation Style - Scary or human?
I recently facilitated a five team, week long kaizen event. The teams made some very significant improvements (more kaikaku than kaizen).
The Human Side of the Kaizen Event - 11 Questions for Lean Leaders
Yesterday, Defense Industry Daily posted the first half of an article which I co-wrote with Chuck Wolfe, "Want an Effective Kaizen Event?
Stretch, Don't Break - 5 ways to grow your people
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the renowned Hungarian psychology professor is noted for, among other things, his research on work and flow (continuous flow from the perspective of the worker being
Kaizen Principle: Be like MacGyver, use creativity before capital!
Remember Angus MacGyver? He was the star of the old MacGyver TV series and used science and the inventive application of common items (gum wrappers, duct tape, etc. - kind of a one person moonshine shop) to solve desperate problems.
