Few would argue that lean is about an journey to the ideal state, towards perfection. It's a continuous, never ending journey. This is quite dated, but since it was before the blog, I've never written about it. I wrote a short piece about a quote from legendary football coach Vince Lombardi.
Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.
What does this quote mean to you? Here's what it means to me: link.
We've shared quotes before and how they link to lean under the title Lean Lessons from History.
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