Lean and Safety
(from the archive, recorded Nov 2019) LEAN vs SAFETY — do we have to pick? It’s a common misconception that being Lean means doing things
August 19, 2020
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Category: Continuous Improvement>Workplace Organization
To those who MAKE and MOVE things… we owe you!
To those who MAKE and MOVE things… we owe you!! Even before COVID-19 shut most of our systems down, we had a shortage of labour
August 12, 2020
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Uncertainty equals fear
UNCERTAINTY = FEAR (and other handy tricks our brains can play!) These days there’s a non-stop stream of media content, all trying to inform us
August 5, 2020
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Lean + Inclusion
LEAN + INCLUSION Many companies are making efforts to improve their diversity; better yet many are working on their inclusion. I have to admit —
July 29, 2020
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Reports!
R E P O R T S ! They are a fact of working life for most of us. (They are also the butt of
July 22, 2020
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In defense of sticklers
Here’s to unsung heroes! (ok, very unsung…) They might seem like a pain in the butt — those people on your team that are always
July 15, 2020
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Talk to kids Change the World
TALK TO KIDS CHANGE THE WORLD Do your kids know what you do in your job? What did you tell them? Where did you start?
July 8, 2020
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The power of WHY
The power of W H Y Most of us spend most of our time in the WHAT — checking items off our to-do list, making
July 1, 2020
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Freedom!
F R E E D O M !!! It’s like candy (according to an engineering manager I met recently). It’s oh so sweet. It gives
June 24, 2020
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Lean + Sustainability
Let’s talk SUSTAINABILITY and LEAN: Are they the same thing? Which one comes first? How are they linked? Many people don’t understand how these popular
June 17, 2020
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