Tag: Flinchbaugh
NIH = "Not Invented Here"
by Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author, The Hitchhiker's Guide to LeanI believe that NIH, or Not Invented Here, is one of the silliest cultural barriers to...
Lean in Government Conference
The federal deficit has ballooned to record numbers. Never before has lean been more important to government. With a undeniable need to drop future...
Jamie Flinchbaugh Speaking Topics in April
by Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author, The Hitchhiker's Guide to LeanIn the month of April I'll be presenting two topics at different conferences. I thought I...
March Madness and Lean
As March Madness begins, many people's eyes will be fixed to TVs and computer screens while they root for the favorite teams. Where's the...
Lean Entrepreneur: It’s All About Connecting People
By Adam Zak, Adam Zak Executive Search:
"Respect for people: Very few businesses start up only on the backs of the sole founder. It takes...
LeanBlog Podcast #64 – Jamie Flinchbaugh, “Coaching”
Here is LeanBlog Podcast #64, again with Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road. In this Podcast, we talk...
Video Podcast Beta V 1.0 – Jamie Flinchbaugh on Coaching
OK, so here is episode #1 of the "beta" (if you will) LeanBlog Video Podcast. Our guest is our good friend Jamie Flinchbaugh. I...
The Lean Entrepreneur
There is no question at this point that 2009 is the worst economy we've all seen since the great depression. Good people are getting...
Upcoming Video Podcast, Getting Buy In for Standard Work
Hi everyone -- sorry there was no post this morning, my flight home landed at 1 am and I was exhausted this morning, taking...
5S for Email
We recently released Issue 14 of Lean Progress and it included a brief set of tips on how to apply 5S on email. There...
5S Still Gives Companies Fits
I am amazed that as long as we've talked about 5S, it still gives companies fits and trouble. Many companies start with 5S because...
Shortening up the Value Stream
On this blog, there have been several discussions and posts about jobs going overseas, not so much from a protectionist and politics standpoint, but...