Lean Thoughts

Colin Powell passed away on October 18th he had a profound career. His lessons in Leadership are worth reflecting on as part of his legacy

to help folks identify waste and ultimately improve process all you need to do is stand and observe.

Successful people have identified the skills, talents, and characteristics that enable them to succeed

Are you controlling your schedule or is your customer? but customers want it Faster, Better and Cheaper, modify your schedule.

Before you start on any Problem Solving journey focus on your Problem Statement with only one (1) Object and one (1) Deviation or you are ju

One of the key initial rules in deploying Lean Methodologies is to assign a specific owner to a process, task or assignment ...

All people can give is their "Gift of Time" but ultimately they decide who gets that gift ... how welcoming are you in accepting this gift?

Have you Ever ... ? Answer honestly to yourself.

Success relies on respect for people … but what does that actually mean?

For Lean Culture, Consider a rock-and-roll band. To excel at making good music the band must have ...

The less wasteful a company is, the more profitable - assuming, of course, decent product

Metrics also serve as a powerful way to demonstrate improvement success to people who might otherwise roll their eyes.

Here are some lessons I’ve learned during my half-century on this planet:

It is not "IF" but "WHEN" ... why you need to commit to cybersecurity.

Yes your organization does have an Aura. Know it to manage a successful evolution.

unless it directly contributes the primary guiding principal (Velocity) it becomes a waste of time, investment and ultimately money.

Really … it is common sense and you do not need 6 Sigma to figure this one out.

It has been said that the factory of the future will only require 2 occupants, 1 Human and 1 Dog.

It is all about Culture Speed of methodology absorption.

COVID-19 has spawned its own vocabulary. “Physical distancing","super spreaders" and “elbow bump” have all come to mean very specific...