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		<title>Lean Manufacturing Manager &#8211; Rock Star of Lean Transformation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Lean Manufacturing Manager &#8211; Rock Star of Lean Transformation  -  focused on any combination of Global Logistics and Services, Supply Chain and Supplier Development, or Lean Operations Planning and Execution   Expertise: Asia, Europe, China, International, Lean Distribution, Lean Supply Chain, Lean &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2011/lean-manufacturing-manager-rock-star-of-lean-transformation">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Your After-the-Recession Executive Recruiting Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it official?  Is the “Great Recession” over? Should we be launching new executive leadership hiring initiatives now? Are we sure? When will we be sure?   No, I don’t know either. But at some point this year, or early next, &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2010/your-after-the-recession-executive-recruiting-plan">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Executive Engagement &#8211; the Lean Thinker&#8217;s Approach</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your executive search was a smashing success.  Done in record time. Attracted the interest of top players in your market sector. Interviewed the best of the “A players”. And won over Sarah, a true global leader and supply chain visionary, &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2010/executive-engagement-the-lean-thinkers-approach">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kaizen Kowboys Ride Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I coined the term &#8220;Kaizen Kowboys&#8221; 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&#8217;d provide a little historical background. The company involved was &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2010/kaizen-kowboys-ride-again">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lean Thinkers Approach New Year Resolutions with Simple Excellence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of the year again when many of us Lean Thinkers, and even those who are still perhaps among the  &#8221;Muggles&#8221; of the Lean community, are driven to at least a bit of reflection on the year (decade?) which is &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/lean-thinkers-approach-new-year-resolutions-with-simple-excellence">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>BioTechnology Supply Chain Conference – interview with speaker Adam Zak</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2009/biotech-supply-chain-conference-%e2%80%93-interview-with-panelist-adam-zak-founder-and-principal-of-adam-zak-executive-search</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAREER MANAGEMENT IN SUPPLY CHAIN: PERSPECTIVES FROM AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM FOUNDER Biotech Supply Chain Conference, October 19-20, South San Francisco Conference Center www.biosupplyalliance.org  Devendra Mishra, Executive Director of the “Bio Supply Management Alliance” which organizes the Annual Biotech Supply Chain &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/biotech-supply-chain-conference-%e2%80%93-interview-with-panelist-adam-zak-founder-and-principal-of-adam-zak-executive-search">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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