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Best Lean Practices for Winter Golf
For those of you who are occasionally able to sneak away from the Great White North for some winter golf, two things become painfully apparent: it’s expensive; and, it’s often very SLOW! Why? Supply and demand, of course. In Naples, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Zak, Adam Zak Executive Search, belief system, cocktail hour, Continuous Improvement, golf course, haste makes waste, lean principles, naples fl, supply and demand, takt time, tee time, winter golf
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Lean Continuous Improvement Approach to Web Content Management
I read Gerry McGovern’s blog, New Thinking, from time to time and have often found his advice for tweaking my Web site to be quite helpful. The most recent issue of Gerry’s newsletter talks about why the strategic focus of Web management must … Continue reading
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Tagged content management systems, continuous improvement model, Executive Search, gerry mcgovern, lean principles
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Kaizen Kowboys Ride Again
I coined the term “Kaizen Kowboys” a few years ago (Lean Culture: Collected Practices and Cases). Since Bill Wadell was kind enough to reprise its use in his blog yesterday I thought I’d provide a little historical background. The company involved was … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, Adam Zak, Continuous Improvement, Excellence, Executive Search, kaizen event, Kaizen Kowboys, keystone kops, Lean Executive Search, lean principles, LeanRecruiting, manufacturing, operational dynamics, Operational Excellence, PDCA, pdcaSearch, root cause, search methodology, Supply Chain, term kaizen, transformation, trout fishing, value stream
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