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Musical Kata

I sang baritone and sometimes tenor in the St. John’s Lutheran Church choir according the key of the hymn were rehearsing and also depending upon who..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, kata, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, improvement kata, toyota kata, mike rother, coaching kata, bruce hamilton, toyota production system, healthcare kata, operational excellence on February 17 , 2015.

A Holiday Miracle

Viewing Bill Murray’s “Scrooged” last week for the twenty-fifth time in as many years, I recalled a kind of holiday miracle I witnessed shortly after..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, lean thinking, GBMP, Toast Kaizen, Management Kaizen, lean training, Taiichi Ohno, bruce hamilton, ohno circle, gemba, employee engagement on December 31 , 2014.

Dead See Scrolls

I participated recently in the AME conference in Jacksonville, Florida; a terrific rally for manufacturing excellence with the tongue-twisting theme..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, GBMP, Taiichi Ohno, TEI, respect for people, bruce hamilton, People powered excellence, employee engagement, shigeo shingo, Total Employee Involvement, The Shingo Institute on November 26 , 2014.

NVLLIVS IN VERBA

There was a time when it was not fashionable for managers to associate with front line employees. Alluding to an old adage, I used to joke that you..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, observation, administrative kaizen, manager standard work, lean in sales, pokayoke, bruce hamilton, gemba, lean in the office, Lean Culture on October 24 , 2014.

3P - Putting People Phirst

With our 10th Annual Northeast Conference just eight days away, I’ve taken a little poetic license with the conference theme, Putting People First,..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean thinking, GBMP, Toast Kaizen, northeast lean conference, kaizen, bruce hamilton, 3P, lean in healthcare, gemba, customer first, toyota production system on September 22 , 2014.

Invisibility

A chance reading recently provided a thought from Henry Thoreau that I think is worth sharing. Thoreau said: “The greatest compliment that was ever..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, process improvement, northeast lean conference, kaizen, respect for people, bruce hamilton, idea systems on August 14 , 2014.

How We Learn

While I am an unabashed proponent of learning by doing, I have a list of books that have over the years been essential to me as a framework for..
This entry was posted in lean, old lean dude, continuous improvement, policy deployment, favorable environment, culture, kaizen, hoshin kanri, managerial engineering, bruce hamilton, ryuji fukuda, countermeasures, CEDAC, reliable methods on August 08 , 2014.

Frankenstein Equivalents

I was speaking with a friend about a recent downsizing at his church. After nine years, a popular priest had been reassigned to another parish. In an..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean thinking, full time equivalents, Frankenstein, northeast lean conference, bruce hamilton, lean in healthcare, employee engagement, FTEs, customer first thinking on July 22 , 2014.

Lesser Gods

I learned recently of the passing earlier this year of person I worked with twenty years ago at my last job in manufacturing. Manny S. was a ‘lesser..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, Silver Toaster Award, bruce hamilton, lean in healthcare, employee engagement, sensei, Northeast L.E.A.N. Conference on July 07 , 2014.

Addicted to Lean

One of my early lessons in leading change came at the age of 19, while working in in a program known as VISTA, Volunteers in Service to America. The..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, GBMP, Toast Kaizen, northeast lean conference, change agent, change management, addicted to lean, bruce hamilton on June 16 , 2014.

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