I haven’t read it, but Marie Kondo’s book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing has been a pop-culture phenomenon in the past few years. I’ve seen some compare her process to the Lean practice of “5S.” Kondo says you should only keep an item if it “sparks joy.” Here is a “Lean Meme” created by my friend Ryan: OK, if your boss doesn’t spark joy, you might not … Continue reading When Marie Kondo Meets Lean: What Family Guy Gets Right (and Wrong) About 5S