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Comment on Rethink Your Executive Search Relationships by Tony Desai

Tony Desai — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:52:37 +0000

If you had to pick between two solutions.

1. Simply Brilliant Solution
2. Brilliantly Simple solution

Which one would you pick? and Why? -
Well, that tells a lot about how most LEAN concepts have evolved.

My mother-in-law’s kitchen-pantry. Small bottles in front of the large ones. She invites over 100 guests every month and purchases every item with a coupon or sale due to her ways of rotating the Menu. Her focus on small incremental changes, clean transparent flow and removal of “muda” is deeply etched in every corner of her kitchen.

Daily focus, cleaning and understanding the value of each step (or lack that of) is as old as civilization. Her message: Be where you are.

How does such a wague thing apply to high tech factories and crude transaction processes?

Let’s think.

Comment on 100 Job Search Tips from Fortune 500 Recruiters by Lisa Raines

Lisa Raines — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:45:50 +0000

Great resource, even though my field of expertise is not at all related to EMC’s industry. Thanks Adam, Best – Lisa

Comment on Lean Thinkers Approach New Year Resolutions with Simple Excellence by Tweets that mention Lean Thinkers Approach New Year Resolutions with Simple Excellence | LeanConnections -- Topsy.com

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:19:40 +0000

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Comment on Books on MP3 – competition for the Kindle? Nah, still… by Lisa Raines

Lisa Raines — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:30:27 +0000

Tried these. Problem is that if you fall asleep while “reading” the player keeps on playing. I’ve found myself rewinding a number of times.

Comment on BAM! Bust A Myth – Customer Service Critical to Long-term Lean Success by Louis St. Serra

Louis St. Serra — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:03:05 +0000

Adam, just read the book as well based on your suggestion. We’re going to build in some of these ideas into our service/admin standard work. Thanks for posting about it and tying in to Lean.

Comment on Making Everyone Whole – from Jim Womack, Lean Enterprise Institute by Louis English

Louis English — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:13:45 +0000

We know that functional or “silo thinking” will disrupt a lean transformation. That is why we need to introduce “total systems thinking” along with lean technologies to all levels of the organization to insure its success and sustainability. We need functional leaders to step back and optimize the whole company as their CEO does. And we need workers to step back from their work stations and optimize the line as their supervisor does. To transfer gains without this change in thinking, change in systems, change in measures is futile.

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uberVU - social comments — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:02:18 +0000

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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:07:54 +0000

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Common Sense About Key Lean Principles from a Travel Writer — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:09:46 +0000

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Comment on Leading-Edge (Lean) Talent Practices by Karen Wilhelm

Karen Wilhelm — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:16:38 +0000

for keeping talent, I’d add that leaders should take a look at their mentoring practices. At Toyota and similar organizations, every employee on a leadership development path has a sensei, a respected and wise teacher who guides him or her in learning the company philosophy and practices, making challenges at times and acknowledging achievement at others. Your company’s culture will influence the style of mentoring used — it won’t work to have imitations of Toyota’s. Would your culture support having a mentor from another part of the company or at a skip-level, or would it be best to start with developing your supervisors and managers as mentors for those who report to them? There are many models to choose from.