Hey, Adam Zak here. I found this message fascinating. It brings Lean processes to life in a way that has helped millions of leaders around the world significantly improve themselves and their organizations, and achieve their organizational, professional and personal goals. Without using a single word of Lean jargon! Hats [...]
Hey, Adam Zak here. It's a New Year. Time for a fresh start maybe? A renewal of sorts? A reach back to the basics of building and sustaining Lean operations in your organization? All of those? You might like this podcast from LEI, The Lean Enterprise Institute, in which Tom [...]
Hey, it's Adam, on January 1, 2021. Did you make a bunch of resolutions last night? Break any yet? Mine will be a snap because they don't involve doing anything new. In fact, they're about NOT doing stuff. Most people plan (yet only about 46% actually succeed) on exercising more, [...]
Accountability.* It's something in which I believe very strongly, one of my core values. I expect to hold myself accountable and I expect others with whom I have a relationship to reciprocate. Mutual accountability is the key to building trust, personally and professionally. I don't think I'm overstating the case [...]
“We have customers to serve and we can’t frickin do that if nobody is here. I like competitors that are still sitting at home. They’ll miss the trains when they go by.” David Farr, CEO, Emerson Electric “Everything is fubar.” Jamie Dimon, CEO, JPMorgan, commenting on the COVID economy. Mark [...]
Why "Simple Excellence?" Today more than ever, to help today's leaders figure out how to more effectively organize and align themselves and their management teams to create sustainable Operational Excellence in their spheres of influence. It was 10 years ago this month that we published Simple Excellence: Organizing and Aligning [...]
Problem identification and problem solving require very focused and specific thinking. The strongest Lean leaders start with extensive observation and then engage in deep thought in their effort to engage with the current state, examine the issues, postulate ways in which they might address those issues, and then, of [...]
Culp again demonstrates the Lean leadership acumen, his attention to the important stuff...
We're conducting an executive search for a new Vice President, Operations at Bristol Compressors International LLC. With customers like Carrier, Johnson Controls, Scotsman, Manitowoc and many others around the globe, Bristol is one of best-known and highest quality manufacturers of commercial and residential HVAC compressors. We’re recruiting a VP Operations who [...]
I recruit Lean executives. When people ask, that's what I tell them. Yet I find that a surprising number of folks still hold at least a few misconceptions about what that really means. Since you're reading this it's unlikely that you're among them, but just in case... Lean is a [...]