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Comment on Lean Thinking and Life Equations by John Mullins

John Mullins — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:37:49 +0000

Great Website! Your site has lots of informative information regarding Lean Manufacturing and 5S.

Comment on Succeeding in Lean Implementation by ELSE Inc.

ELSE Inc. — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:53:35 +0000

Thank You for your comments.

I like Angelo’s writting.

The one thing I have noticed though a great deal lately is that if we forget to tell people something even though it should be common knowledge they tend to ignore it. That is why we always try to remind people of it.

I think that everyone in the Lean community should try to remember that we often deal with people trying to take short cuts. We owe it to our societies that we reming them not too.

Comment on Kids, Lean, and Autonomous Maintenance by Dorine

Dorine — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:52:06 +0000

Useful knowledge! I have been hunting for something similar to this for a while.

Comment on Succeeding in Lean Implementation by Angelo Lyall

Angelo Lyall — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:56:06 +0000

Hi there, My name is Angelo Lyall, the author of the article being discussed. A agree that establishment of culture and the identification of the best opportunities are extremely important elements for business improvement. I actually do write about culture, unification, leadership, and unleashing the innovative minds of people. You can find these articles by looking up my name “Angelo Lyall” at http://www.qualitydigest.com and viewingmy content. The non inclusion of these elements in my article was not an oversight, but rather that I feel culture is a prerequisite for all of of the steps that I outlined, and identification of best opportunities fits within the configuring and inmproving process step. Thank you for you thorough analysis of my article, I always appreciate when somebody takes the time to read and actually think critically. If you would ever like additional content, please feel free to contact me at angelo@kaizenimprovement.ca

Comment on Getting Change to Start by Evan

Evan — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:25:41 +0000

Very good details! I have been seeking for something like this for quite a while these days. With thanks!

Comment on Is there a particular order of implementing the Lean tools throughout our Lean Transformation journey? by Kizzie Conser

Kizzie Conser — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:39:30 +0000

Is there a particular order of implementing the Lean tools throughout our Lean Transformation journey?

Comment on Succeeding in Lean Implementation by Salvitti

Salvitti — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:41:57 +0000

Greeeeeeeeat Blog Love the Infomation you have provided me .

Comment on Is there a different way of learning Lean? Or, alternately, is there a better way of teaching Lean? by Twana Fairey

Twana Fairey — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:24:15 +0000

We’re a group of volunteers and starting a new scheme in our community. Your website offered us with valuable information to work on. You’ve done an impressive job and our whole community will be thankful to you.

Comment on Is there a different way of learning Lean? Or, alternately, is there a better way of teaching Lean? by George

George — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:16:41 +0000

I agree with you Cristina; there should be no adult learning other than experiential. As I mentioned in my article, I did experience this difference first hand going, although in different roles, through three generations of Lean Six Sigma Black and Green Belt training.

Alternately, teaching at university, it confirms also your thoughts, just in a slightly different way. Being by definition more theoretical and also more material in a compressed period of time, the experiential part, especially in early years, is very little. The more mature students in undergrad classes – I had quite a few 35 years old or older – have difficulties unless the instructor finds a way to link somehow the theory to their practical experience. Once that happens they are just flying as now they have both, the theoretical part understood and their own practical experience, whereas the 20 years old students lack the practical one. However, until the link between theory and practice is clear, many of the more mature students have difficulties.

Thank you for sharing your experience. Understanding the differences in how people learn drives the right teaching method. Like you said, the experiential part is a must for adult learning and a great enhancement in all the other instances – e.g. university, high school etc. -.

Comment on Is there a different way of learning Lean? Or, alternately, is there a better way of teaching Lean? by Cristina

Cristina — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:25:58 +0000

I visited last week a training center within an automotive company. They called it their “Lean Learning Academy”. They started to train managers and team leaders, providing them more info on lean principles and tools, but also observing their skills as team workers.
Their approach was theory + simulation game + lessons learned, regardless the topic under discussion. Is there other better learning approach for adults? I’d say yes, depending upon the trainees, but only for introducing theoretical issues. I often prefer to let the trainees to discover specific conclusions for themselves during the simulation game and to introduce some relevant knowledge after playing the game. But anyway adult training in a face-to-face environment means always experiential learning, regardless if training refers to lean or any other topic.