With extreme apologies to Kelly Clarkson, a parody of the song “My Life Would Suck Without You” (original lyrics and YouTube video). Hardly the artistic highpoint in American songwriting, but a catchy popular tune…
I've re-tooled it as a bit of a duet between employee and boss…
My Work Would Suck Without Lean
By Mark Graban
(Employee)
Guess this means you're sorry
Our quality was poor
Guess this means you take back all you said before
Like how much you blamed us
“Just be more careful”
Customers won't come back?
Now they're buying here again
Cause we're working together now, yeah
Embracing Lean concepts now at work, yeah
You get ideas from me, and honestly
My work would suck without Lean
(Manager)
Maybe I was stupid
For managing that way
Maybe I was wrong for not list'nin to you
We knew quality got issues
But our cost was messed up too
Either way I found out
We're nothing without Lean
Cause we're working together now, yeah
Embracing Lean concepts now at work, yeah
You give ideas to me, and honestly
My work would suck without Lean
(Employee)
Working with you was so dysfunctional
I really shouldn't let you
Go back to the old ways, yeah
(Together)
Cause we're working together now, yeah
Embracing Lean concepts now at work, yeah
We improve quality, and honestly
My work would suck without Lean
Cause we're working together now, yeah
Embracing Lean concepts now at work, yeah
You get ideas from me, and honestly
My work would suck without Lean
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Hip lyrics … way cool. Love your guitar-wielding avatar in the video ha-ha. Rock On!!
/Dr. Pete