lean leadership
Good Lean Leaders Come from Good Lean Followers
My oldest is a fourth class cadet (actually a "swab") at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
Lean Leader Principle - Show Them Your Back
Ritsuo Shingo, son of the great Shigeo Shingo, gave a keynote address during the 22nd annual International Shingo Conference this past week.
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.
Subsidiarity: A (Medieval) Lean Principle
Ron Pereira has been gracious enough to allow me to guest blog on his LSS Academy blog.
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.
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
