VIDEO: Crush Your Performance Evaluation
https://vimeo.com/797710230
Many of you went through your year-end evaluation recently. How did it go? Did you crush it? Or did you feel your evaluation was...
A New Way to Browse the Blog
I’m happy to announce that Lean Applied to Business Processes is back on the schedule this fall at the University of Tennessee Haslam College...
A Holiday Message from LeanBP
I want to wish a warm holiday season to all my readers and friends.
I know—2020 was a tough year. Most of the bad stuff...
The Worst Waste of All
So—is it a 9 or is it a 6?
Depends on who's looking at the problem. You’ve probably seen memes similar to this that call...
Develop a “Why?” Mindset
Lean, at its heart, is about finding the root causes of problems that prevent you from achieving your goals.
Often, what stands in the way...
Never Be Wrong Again
Does that sound like an impossible promise? If you’re trying to achieve big goals at work, it’s hard enough to be right half the...
SWOT: Rediscover a Classic
Ever go through your closet or toolbox and find something useful you forgot you had—and wound up being glad you did?
I suggest you rummage...
Whip Out the WIP Board
https://vimeo.com/265912042
Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, I’ve been providing you steps to stay productive and focused in work and in life. If you completed your mind map...
How to Make a Mind Map
Any Harry Potter fans out there? If so, you’re familiar with the idea of a pensieve.
The wizard Albus Dumbledore uses the pensieve—a large, shallow...
Going Back to the Blue Line
The COVID-19 crisis has upended business as usual, and it’s unclear what will happen when some or all of us return to work. Supply...