While working 2nd shift at Toyota I took the opportunity to eat lunch with my son at his school.

Where are you at in your journey? In your Life, your Business, with your Family and Friends? Are you Happy, truly Happy?

I have a strong respect for heights…in other words, I’m afraid of heights. It isn’t so much the height itself as it is the potential to fall.

We all know that culture matters. Drucker is famously quoted with the phrase “culture eats strategy for breakfast”

Have you ever been stuck in a rut with problem solving activities? What causes stagnation in companies when it comes to solving problems?

After several weeks of training my son finally had his first track meet. He posted Personal Bests in both of his races.

In this post, I will dive into some of the expectations that tend to become a pitfall for many companies starting their lean journey.

Gallup’s most recent State of the Global Workplace report indicated the following: 1) 85% of employees are not engaged or are actively disengaged, and 2) As a result of this, approximately $7 trillion of productivity is lost every year.

In the world of continuous improvement, having data is a cornerstone to understanding where to improve and measuring your efforts in doing so.

How many times have you heard this kind of comment from friends, colleagues, and business acquaintances- “I just hired a Consultant, and they are the worst ever!”

Trust is a little word that carries with it a gigantic impact. Let’s talk about how we build and cultivate trust in the workplace.   

How do manufacturing companies define success? Although that is a loaded question with many possible answers, I want to focus on the productivity side of manufacturing. Manufacturing companies live and die by productivity rates.

Performing an Amazon “Lean” book search will result in over 7,000 results. It’s not a surprise, since many companies have been able to successfully implement Lean with outstanding results.

So you’ve decided to bring in a consultant to provide particular expertise, but are you effectively using all the resources that your consultant brings to the engagement?

Last week, Supply Chain Now Radio hosted The Effective Syndicate President and Founder, Beau Groover, as he presented the webinar, "Lead the People - Manage the Process." 

In Lean Manufacturing, we reduce and remove variation of the operators by developing the “least waste way” of doing a task. We typically call this Standard Work (Work Content, Sequence and Time Components).

We at the Effective Syndicate have always been fans of increasing our personal productivity. Notebooks, apps, calendars, and techniques like Pomodoro

This article was written by Dan Rockwell on February 1st, and it is short and worth sharing.  Great message!