Lean Thoughts

If you struggle with the anxiety that comes with trying to plan what is next for your business, you are not alone.

"There’s a Link Between Effective Leadership and Getting Enough Sleep. In our hyper-connected, 24/7 world, many of us are losing sleep.

one of your most critical responsibilities as a leader is to determine what the top priorities are for both the company and yourself.

A successful Strategic Plan not only allows you to outline the direction that you want your business to take

By making sure people “stay busy” you are depriving yourself of information you must have to make rational management decisions.

So what to do? … Like most you begin to review process(es) to identify and implement business improvements.

those businesses that stand out also tend to operate with a heavy dose of tribal knowledge … which other view as a vulnerability

Adopting 5S+1 can be expensive ... Not only in the cost of materials but also in the diverted labour costs within your organization.

The trust has been broken between employee's and employer's during Covid so no wonder that employee's are seeking a security blanket.

a secret to maintaining a good relationship is to instill the “no counting” rule.

Ctrl, Alt Delete may be your answer to cure "Adjustitus" you have incurred during the past several years.

here are the top soft skills employers are currently looking for. and then Bring there Soft Skills to the Surface.

Measuring and monitoring “Yield” within your facility can reveal interesting information about how well you utilize your materials and cash.

Perceived effective communications does not always work. Which is why you need to share communication through at least 2 channels.

We have paused, denied, diverted, deviated, destructed, pivoted, innovated and of course prayed for normal to return.

After participating in a EVSM Workshop is people have never taken the time to observe the daily waste generated in their processes.

The main consequence is that Process owners adapted processes towards survival not necessarily with a focus on sustainable improvement

Teams migrate through Forming, Storming, Norming and finally performing but they need more.

Some things that we are losing through emerging new technology are NOT good, namely etiquette.

Factories were designed a long time ago to take advantage both of gravity.