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Development Versus Deadline
For Lean improvement workshops, non-customer driven deadlines should be negotiable to ensure time is given for quality development of staff. Matthew E. May discusses how organizations are so addicted … more →
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Development Versus Deadline
Brian Buck wrote 4 days ago: For Lean improvement workshops, non-customer driven deadlines should be negotiable to ensure time is … more →
Lean Consulting Challenges
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Brian Buck wrote 3 weeks ago: Being an internal lean consultant at a hospital has some challenges. In my consulting practice, I … more →
Keeping Lean Japanese
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Brian Buck wrote 1 month ago: There is a trend towards removing the Japanese language or jargon from Lean transformations in the U … more →
Motivating Knowledge Workers
Brian Buck wrote 1 month ago: Dan Pink has an outstanding TED talk about how to motivate workers in the 21st century (some readers … more →
Windows Of Frustration (part 2)
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Brian Buck wrote 1 month ago: To get new windows in our house it has taken a minimum of five installations due to lack of inspecti … more →
Windows Of Frustration (part 1)
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Brian Buck wrote 2 months ago: As someone who helps people improve their processes and quality for a living, being a consumer can s … more →
Martyrs and Hidden Problems
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Brian Buck wrote 3 months ago: There are people in your organization who live with drastic waste everyday but they do not communica … more →
"Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen"
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Brian Buck wrote 3 months ago: Remember the song “Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen”? I was thinking how approp … more →
Rent-A-Wait and Inflexibility
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Brian Buck wrote 3 months ago: Inflexible staff responsibilities and lack of cross-training leads to customer waiting. Simple chan … more →
Learning Mindset
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Brian Buck wrote 3 months ago: Learn something like you will be required to teach it someday. That advice was given to me when I wa … more →
Brain Rules for Presenters (and Lean)
Brian Buck wrote 4 months ago: I have not read John Medina’s book “Brain Rules” yet but this presentation from Ga … more →
Book Review: Flawless Consulting 2nd Edition
Brian Buck wrote 4 months ago: Peter Block’s “Flawless Consulting Second Edition” is an outstanding book and I recommend it for any … more →
Lean Is About People - Not Engineering
Brian Buck wrote 4 months ago: Do you ever feel tempted to just engineer Lean into your team? Want to tell your team to implement … more →
Lesson: Consulting Is A Different Beast
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Brian Buck wrote 4 months ago: I am an internal consultant but just recently learned I do not fully grasp what consulting is. I fee … more →
Book Review: Kaizen Express
Brian Buck wrote 5 months ago: Kaizen Express: Fundamentals for Your Lean Journey by Toshiko Narusawa My rating: 3 of 5 stars Kaize … more →
Oil and Water
Brian Buck wrote 5 months ago: “If you stay in this world, you will never learn another one.” – W. Edwards Deming A lot of or … more →
Book Review: The Birth Of Lean
Brian Buck wrote 5 months ago: “The Birth Of Lean” published by the Lean Enterprise Institute is a terrific book. This book is fo … more →
How To Get People To Change
Brian Buck wrote 5 months ago: “People do not change when you tell them they should; they change when they tell themselves they mus … more →
What's Next? - Kaizen Workshop Debrief
Brian Buck wrote 5 months ago: I sometimes use this blog to post things I have learned to ensure I can remember them in the future. … more →
