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		<title>The High Cost of Poor Accounting</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2010/the-high-cost-of-poor-accounting</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Traditional cost accounting measures sub-optimize and work against most systemic or process approaches (Lean). Activity Based Costing (ABC) has the potential to generate even more distorted results (chapter 4, “The High Cost of Poor Accounting”). Activity Based Costing is just &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2010/the-high-cost-of-poor-accounting">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Making Everyone Whole &#8211; from Jim Womack, Lean Enterprise Institute</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2009/making-everyone-whole-from-jim-womack-lean-enterprise-institute</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Womack&#8217;s newsletter this month, posted here, very clearly explores one of the underlying reasons that Lean or Operational Excellence initiatives are often difficult to sustain (and sometimes even get off the ground).  Every affected stakeholder -whether the executive leadership team recognize it &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/making-everyone-whole-from-jim-womack-lean-enterprise-institute">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>GM April Fools&#8217;&#8230;oh wait, this is reality</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2009/gm-april-foolsoh-wait-this-is-reality</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://leanconnections.com/?p=462</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve long been an advocate of Jim Womack&#8217;s Lean Transformation principle that &#8220;you&#8217;ve got to change the people, or you&#8217;ve got to change the people&#8221;  in order to achieve and sustain dramatic improvment in your business. And, as a corporate Executive &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/gm-april-foolsoh-wait-this-is-reality">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Recession Pain? Leaner Thinking Offers a Better Way</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2009/lean-offers-a-better-way-restructure-improve-grow-find-it</link>
		<comments>http://leanconnections.com/2009/lean-offers-a-better-way-restructure-improve-grow-find-it#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://leanconnections.com/?p=316</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There is a better way for everything. Find it.&#8221; Thomas Alva Edison Turbulent times provide ample opportunities for success, if we approach things with the right frame of mind. by Adam Zak  In my role as an executive recruiter specializing &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/lean-offers-a-better-way-restructure-improve-grow-find-it">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Time to Retain, Time to Engage</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2008/time-to-retain-time-to-engage</link>
		<comments>http://leanconnections.com/2008/time-to-retain-time-to-engage#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://leanconnections.com/?p=198</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first LeanConnections in July launched with a single article dedicated to “Respect for People.” It was well received and sparked many thoughtful comments from our readers. Today, in the face of harrowing financial news and pressures on staff and &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2008/time-to-retain-time-to-engage">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Respect for People is KEY to Lean Success</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2008/respect-for-people-is-key-to-lean-success</link>
		<comments>http://leanconnections.com/2008/respect-for-people-is-key-to-lean-success#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Lean industry conferences in North America, Europe and Asia; in casual phone calls with top management and potential recruits; or in formal presentations to client companies, I keep hearing so many executives tell me that employees are their most &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2008/respect-for-people-is-key-to-lean-success">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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