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Lean Leadership Behaviors – An Example
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Pete's Note: Today we have a guest post from Robert Lockard, who has written for shmula in the past on topics related to Inventory Management. Today
Lean and Innovation: Regurgitated Variations of an Old Debate
Leave it to the Harvard Business Review [1. http://blogs.hbr.org/ashkenas/2012/05/its-time-to-rethink-continuous.html] to regurgitate an old debate on
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A Good Lean Manager Demonstrates Empathy
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