What Endurance Running Can Teach Us About Lean TAGS: 5k | 5S | act | audit | bright | check | continuous improvement | control | couch | cycle time | dayton ohio | discipline | distance | do | endurance | excess | flashlight | goals | high school | inventory | lean | lean blitz consulting | lofty | maintaine | motion | motivate | motivation | operations | osha | pdca | plan | process | progress | race | run | running | s.m.a.r.t. goal | safe | safety | soreness | sports | sprint | success | susie stein | system | template | training | troy ohio | up and running | visual indicator | waste reduction | weight loss | win | wins Many moons ago, I was a distance runner. I ran cross country in high school my junior and senior years, each race being a 5K. After starting out as a …Continue reading →

Dr. Sheldon Cooper and Positive Behavior Modification TAGS: bang | bazinga | behavior | big | blitz | chocolates | chuck | consulting | cooper | hofstadter | lean | leonard | lorre | motivation | penny | sheldon | theory | tweak Look, change can be hard and influencing others to change behaviors can be even more difficult. Let’s witness a technique Dr. Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory uses to …Continue reading →

Target Audience – Part Two TAGS: 5S | car maintenance | check fluids | check oil | gnomes | kanban | kitchen kanban | lean applications | lean at home | lean tools | motivation | scheduling | spaghetti diagrams | time studies | tire pressure So who else am I targeting as an audience? There are lots of little improvement opportunities and Lean applications that can have a big impact at home. What can each …Continue reading →