4 Common Gemba Walk Mistakes: Are You Slipping Up?
June 7, 2016As I started to put together some thoughts on this blog post about some potential Gemba Walk hazards, I recalled a quote by Mike Dooley,...
The Top Five Mistakes Lean Leaders Make
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Implement Hoshin Kanri Like A Pro
April 18, 2018Most business leaders know that in order to be successful and meet customer expectations over the long run, a multi-year strategic plan is...
How To Make A Kaizen Kickoff Last All Year
April 2, 2015A Kaizen kickoff is an exciting couple of days. The energy throughout the kickoff is inspiring, both to staff and leaders, as people are...
5 Ways To Piss Off Your Employees and Kill Continuous Improvement
July 21, 2016Leaders play a critical role in establishing and supporting cultures of continuous improvement in their organizations. They set the tone...
A Lesson in Kaizen from Yellowstone National Park
March 20, 2015This video is making the rounds on LinkedIn, have you seen it yet? It’s a video about how wolves caused a "trophic cascade” in Yellowstone...
Office Safari: How to Spot an Engaged Employee in the Wild
March 23, 2015According to a Dale Carnegie survey of more than 1,500 employees, fully 71% are not engaged. So while engaged employees aren’t exactly as...
5 Continuous Improvement Metrics That Your CEO Actually Cares About
March 19, 2015A lot of people think of the CEO as the top of the ladder, accountable to no one. But just like the rest of us, a CEO has a management...
Continuous Improvement Leadership: 5 Things CEOs Can Learn from Chefs
March 19, 2015I have always been interested in cooking. A few years ago, my wife convinced me to take a year-long professional cooking course. I learned...
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