by Patrick Adams | Jul 14, 2023 | Articles, Lean Leadership, Learning
I have always been fascinated by the compound effect. I love the quirky examples out there that show how saving ‘x’ amount of dollars per month, starting at age 18, will allow someone to pay cash for a 3-bedroom, 2-bath home by the age of 30. These...
by Patrick Adams | Jul 7, 2023 | Articles, Lean Leadership, Learning
When your company is faced with the need for a large, culture changing transformation, the worst thing you can do is to try to change everything at once. Your responsibility as a lean leader is to make the transition as quickly as you can while ensuring business...
by Patrick Adams | Jun 30, 2023 | Articles, Learning
We had success transforming a high-value target area in our corporation! People can see the changes and improvements, and now, they want a piece of it. They like what they hear from the workers in the redesigned space. Now what? Where do we go from here? Who do we...
by Patrick Adams | Jun 23, 2023 | Articles, Learning, Operational Excellence
A friend and his wife spent a lot of time in the Tampa, Florida area. They were looking at new communities for their father to move into. Their father needed somewhere warm year-round with less maintenance and upkeep. Looking at empty fields with lots for new homes...
by Patrick Adams | Jun 9, 2023 | Articles, Learning
How do you know you are improving if you don’t know where you started? Let’s imagine I was feeling cold and I wanted it to be warmer in the office. After about an hour, how would we know its getting warmer? I could say I “feel” like its warmer....
by Patrick Adams | May 14, 2023 | Articles, Culture & Engagement, Learning
My favorite scenic part of the trip was our bus ride from Nagoya through the Central Alps (mountains) to Nagano, and then to Takasaki. The Japanese Alps have been used as a place of ascetic practice for Buddhists monks since ancient times. These towering ranges...
