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		<title>Lean Thinking. Lean Doing. Lean Education. At LEI, the Lean Enterprise Institute, the source of Lean thought leadership&#8230;and action.</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2011/lean-thinking-lean-doing-lean-education-at-lei-the-lean-enterprise-institute-the-source-of-lean-thought-leadership-and-action</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you a Lean Thinker? More importantly, are you a Lean Doer?  Then, think about this Lean career opportunity with LEI, the Lean Enterprise Institute&#8230; Education Manager Organization Background The Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc. founded by James P. Womack in &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2011/lean-thinking-lean-doing-lean-education-at-lei-the-lean-enterprise-institute-the-source-of-lean-thought-leadership-and-action">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shingo Award &#8211; the New Critical Criteria for Hiring a Lean Leader?</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2011/shingo-award-the-new-critical-criteria-for-hiring-a-lean-leader</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today I happened to stumble upon a position description for a Director, Lean Enterprise within a Fortune 1000 company. While the company identified itself in the posting, I’m not going to name names because it’s not my intention to &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2011/shingo-award-the-new-critical-criteria-for-hiring-a-lean-leader">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lean Thinking to Inspire Lean Thinkers in the New Year</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2010/lean-thinking-to-inspire-lean-thinkers-in-the-new-year</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These three short quotes are all from one individual, a person who is one of my personal favorite &#8220;Lean&#8221; thinkers, though I doubt that he would actually describe himself as such. But he&#8217;s been, and continues to be, one of &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2010/lean-thinking-to-inspire-lean-thinkers-in-the-new-year">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast features Adam Zak, Bill Wadell, speaking with Mark Graban on Simple Excellence</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2010/podcast-features-adam-zak-bill-wadell-speaking-with-mark-graban-on-simple-excellence</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Graban hosts today&#8217;s   LeanBlog Podcast #105,    a conversation with the co-authors of the new book Simple Excellence: Organizing and Aligning the Management Team in a Lean Transformation from Productivity Press. Authors Adam Zak, a regular guest blogger here on Leanblog.org and &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2010/podcast-features-adam-zak-bill-wadell-speaking-with-mark-graban-on-simple-excellence">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership is Learning to See Fresh Context</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2010/leadership-is-learning-to-see-fresh-context</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What’s Your Context?  A man sat at a Metro station in Washington, D.C. playing the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. Since it was rush hour, it&#8217;s likely that thousands of &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2010/leadership-is-learning-to-see-fresh-context">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Just-In-Time BMWs &#8211; Lean Thinking in Spartanburg</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2010/just-in-time-bmws-lean-thinking-in-spartanburg</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get exactly the car you want in two to six weeks.  Sounds good to me. However, the article describes this particular vehicle as a rush &#8220;priority.&#8221;  So I&#8217;m getting the sense that Spartanburg might be able to use a few more Lean Leaders &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2010/just-in-time-bmws-lean-thinking-in-spartanburg">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What If 25% of Your Top Talent Didn&#8217;t Show Up for Work on 1/3/11?</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2010/what-if-25-of-your-top-talent-didnt-show-up-for-work-on-1311</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m generally skeptical of surveys. Too many ways to skew results by how you formulate and ask the questions, massage the data, or just plain &#8220;fudge&#8221; the final outcomes.  But more and more of these things are popping up in &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2010/what-if-25-of-your-top-talent-didnt-show-up-for-work-on-1311">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Think Lean to Prevent Executive Defections</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2010/think-lean-to-prevent-executive-defections</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps you too have seen the recent survey by the Corporate Executive Board (CEB).  Looks like 25% or so of the executives whom surveyed companies have identified as &#8220;high-potential&#8221; leaders plan to exit their respective companies within the next 12 months. Oops!  (Not &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2010/think-lean-to-prevent-executive-defections">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Executive Moves: Begin With the End in Mind</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2010/executive-moves-begin-with-the-end-in-mind</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Treat the executive you&#8217;re recruiting as well or better than you would your best customer&#8230; The recruiting process to identify your company’s new CFO has been thorough and professionally executed. Your search committee, your retained search firm, and all key &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2010/executive-moves-begin-with-the-end-in-mind">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>No No NO-This is NOT Operational Excellence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 22:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again the general business press, writing about UC San Francisco, really has this all wrong. This is not Lean Thinking; it is not operational excellence; it is not &#8220;transformation.&#8221; It is misguided, misleading and, pure and simple, misinformation.  And it &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2010/no-no-no-this-is-not-operational-excellence">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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