Tag: Communications

Guest Post: What Makes a Successful Lean Environment?

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Mark's note: Today's post is from a relatively new friend of my blog, introduced initially through our mutual friend, Jamie Flinchbaugh. Ankit Patel, today's...

Guest Post: Do You Get What I’m Saying?

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Mark's note: Liz Guthridge has been a previous guest blogger and you can view a short introductory video with her here. Today's post, like most...

Life Without Tap Water in Boston – New Standardized Work

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I'm sitting here on a Sunday morning, drinking a cup of coffee I made at home with bottled water. Why bottled water? Because of...

Guest Post: Stamp Out Sugarcoating

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Sugar-coated messages are in bad taste.   In survey after survey, people ask for straight talk on all issues. They don't want artificially-sweetened words...

4 Complicated Words vs. 4 Easy Ones

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My friend and guest blogger Liz Guthridge ("The Lean Communicator") would get a kick out of this. I was at a meeting recently and a...

Guest Post: Expanding Horizons of Communication

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Mark's Note: Don't know Liz? Check out her Lean Blogger profile video on YouTube. One world is getting bigger—at least from my vantage point as...

Guest Post: Communication Tips for Lean Leaders

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What can lean leaders learn from employee communication professionals? Try these five tips. They're based on a recent leadership communications study of employee communication professionals,...

Lean Out Your Communications, the Next Lean Frontier

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Mark's note: I'm happy to introduce a new guest blogger, Liz Guthridge. She is very active on Twitter and does a lot to educate...