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Half of the intel in Google is wasted

By Jon Miller - June 14th, 2007

You know you’re a jaded TPS sensei too long in the Lean business when you read a headline like the one on 13 June 2007 in CNet News announcing Half the electricity in a PC is wasted: Intel, Google and your first thought is “

Free Lean Accounting Webcast

By Ron Pereira - June 14th, 2007

There is going to be an interesting and FREE webcast June 20 focused on: “What YOU Need to Know About Lean Accounting (Hint: It’s Not Just For Accountants)” DATE: June 20, 2007 TIME: 2:00 p.m. EDT (GMT -04:00, New Yor

7 Tips to Better Brainstorming

By Ron Pereira - June 14th, 2007

Brainstorming is an extremely powerful tool. Most of us have likely been part of a brainstorming session before. Sadly, it’s been my experience that about 9 out of 10 people have no clue how to brainstorm the right way. So

Want to Learn Kaizen? Forget About It

By Jon Miller - June 13th, 2007

Kaizen starts in the brain, so understanding the working of the brain is essential to doing kaizen better. A June 4, 2007 New Scientist article titled Forgetfulness is a tool of the brain suggests that if we want to learn kaizen, we al

Computer Kaizen

By Ron Pereira - June 13th, 2007

I have a question for you. If I asked you to locate a random file I knew you had on your computer how long would it take you to find it? Less than 30 seconds? What about the performance of your computer? Is the Internet moving

Help Decision Making with a Cause & Effect (C&E) Matrix

By Ron Pereira - June 12th, 2007

Last night we discussed how we can use a Cause and Effect (C&E) Matrix to narrow down a long list of inputs into a more manageable one. I also provided a free MS Excel C&E Matrix Template for those interested. Tonight I wan

A Standard Way of Starting Your Day

By Jon Miller - June 11th, 2007

Having a standard way of starting your day has been written about in many personal productivity books, blogs and promoted by self-improvement gurus. Yet why is this so hard? In one word, variation. In some ways it is personal standard

About The Cause & Effect (C&E) Matrix

By Ron Pereira - June 11th, 2007

One of my favorite continuous improvement tools is the cause and effect matrix (C&E Matrix). Sometimes you will hear this tool referred to as a XY Matrix. However, I am not referring to the Ishikawa Diagram (fishbone) even thou

The Top 10 Suggestion System Stumbles and How to Avoid Them

By Jon Miller - June 10th, 2007

Are you looking to implement an organizational suggestion system? Perhaps you already have one in place, but aren’t satisfied with the program? Read on to see our top 10 stumbles to avoid in your own suggestion system programs. T

LSSA Carnival – 2

By Ron Pereira - June 9th, 2007

Here are some of my favorite posts from around the blogosphere this week. John Hunter, in response to one of my more controversial posts, offered an excellent take on how bad management results in layoffs. Over on the iSixSigma blog Mi

Month: June 2007