With Spring underway and flowers are beginning to bloom again, my mind is drawn to lessons learned from the garden. During the Winter months, what
How to Add Value at Work: High Yield, Low Maintenance
Much has been written explaining "What is Lean?" or similar articles. But, little has been said describing what a Lean Practitioner is like.
Creating a Healthy Corporate Culture
Defining culture is difficult. Creating a Healthy Corporate Culture is more difficult. Most change management consultants would say that a culture is
Visualizing Decision Making Complexity
I've written before that there are, at times, too many cooks in the kitchen. In that article, I quantitatively show how the number of communication
Happy Workers is the Result of Lean Leadership
One thing I know from experience: when people are given a chance to participate in creating something good, solving a problem, and play a role in
How to Add Value to Business and the World
In Lean Thinking, we use the phrase "value-add" and then qualify that term as taken from the "customer's perspective." While that might be true, it's
Happiness Project – Interview with Gretchen Rubin, Part 2
Gretchen Rubin, the author of The Happiness Project, answers reader's questions - your questions - on this multi-series post on her Happiness
Happiness Project – Interview with Gretchen Rubin, Part 1
Gretchen Rubin, the author of The Happiness Project, answers reader's questions - your questions - on this multi-series post on her Happiness
Ask Gretchen Rubin: The Happiness Interview
We're delighted to have Gretchen Rubin, the author of The Happiness Project, on shmula.com today. This page contains questions from my readers