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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..
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August 08 , 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..
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June 16 , 2014.
Be Careful What You Wish For - Part II
Four years ago I posted a funny story passed along to me by a Lean friend, that dealt with the consequences of crazy measures, and how lack of..
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May 27 , 2014.
No Respect
In the last two weeks I’ve had the opportunity to participate in two outstanding conferences celebrating and supporting operational excellence. This..
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May 09 , 2014.
Permutations
For many years I worked for a manufacturer of pressure and temperature switches, a small company with a very big product selection. In our product..
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April 18 , 2014.
The Road To Lean
An old TV series I watched recently reminded me of an experience I have had many times in my work. In this I Love Lucy episode, Lucy is ordered by..
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April 04 , 2014.
Lines
As any conference-goer can attest, the shortest distance between two points is not a straight line when that line is the lunch line. At Lean..
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March 17 , 2014.
Turkeys
Across a large swath of the U.S., the winter has been especially cold, snowy and dreary this year. So here’s a post with a link to a cheery video at..
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February 25 , 2014.
Knowledge Work
An engineering manager whom I worked with twenty-five years ago challenged me one day, “You know, Bruce, if all employees were engineers, you..
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February 03 , 2014.
Patience
In 1966, a freshman at a college in Maine attended a speech given by Floyd McKissick, newly appointed head of the Congress of Racial Equality, better..
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January 16 , 2014.