Additions to the 2012 Recap TAGS: blitz | consulting | continuous improvement | happy | lean | meme | new year | operations | process | quickmeme | recap | six sigma | sports | uss yorktown As per my usual, there were some pretty cool things from 2012 that I inadvertently left out! First, I wrote an early year post about SMART goals. One of those …Continue reading →

Articles After a Long Layoff TAGS: batteries | beach | blitz | blog | blogging | catch careers | christina kach | coffee | consulting | continuous improvement | control | creamer | easier | hack | hammock | healthcare | lean | leanblog | leanmemess | life | lifehacker | mark graban | meme | networking | non-traditional | operations | process | remote | six sigma | sports | starbucks | vacation | velcro | vessel I concede that my lack of sharing new information over the last couple of weeks has allowed for a slight mental decompression – there have been a lot of new …Continue reading →

Entries from the Lean Memes Contest TAGS: 5 whys | 5S | aliya mustafina | allie brosh | approach | asian father | bad | batman | but we've always done it this way | catch careers | cheezburger | christina kach | consulting | contest | continuous improvement | cousin | creepy little girl | dating site | detect | eel | employee | execution | first world problems | five whys | fonzie | graban | gymnast | half | happy cat | high expectations | hyperbole | improvement | jidoka | kaizen event | key | koala | lame joke | lame pun raccoon | lean | lean blitz | leanblog | leanmemes | manufacturing lines | mark | meme | memegenerator | memes | moa | moar | murderer | olympics | operations | overly attached girlfriend | pdca | pdsa | phone | plan do check act | plan do study adjust | point of use storage | poka-yoke | priest | priorities | process | quickmeme | root cause analysis | safety | set in order | seven | shine | shotgun approach | signal | six sigma | sort | soviet russia | suggestion box | utility belt | value stream management Lean consultant, author, and notable public speaker Mark Graban of LeanBlog.org has started a web collection of Lean-related memes at Lean Memes. He’s hosting a contest for his readers to …Continue reading →

Lean Oops!: More Internet Images! TAGS: airplane | blame | ceiling fan | cookie | door handle | duct tape | flowchart | handicapped | handles | imgur | lean | lean blitz consulting | lean meme | leanblog.org | light | mark graban | meme | oil field | operations | painting | parking lot | process | reddit | reddit.com | redditor | sandwich | sign | six sigma | space | sports | staple | subway | subways | switch | there i fixed it | thereifixedit | vigor With as much content that can be found at Reddit.com and ThereIFixedIt.com, this might have to become a regular weekend feature. I hope duct tape isn’t a commonly-used repair tool …Continue reading →