{"id":3014,"date":"2010-07-10T03:31:19","date_gmt":"2010-07-10T10:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=3014"},"modified":"2016-12-25T01:13:10","modified_gmt":"2016-12-25T06:13:10","slug":"waste-hides-in-plain-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/waste-hides-in-plain-sight\/3014\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Waste Hide in Plain Sight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3016\" style=\"margin: 4px;\" title=\"learn-to-see-hide-in-plain-sight-7-wastes\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/learn-to-see-hide-in-plain-sight-7-wastes-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"learn-to-see-hide-in-plain-sight-7-wastes\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/learn-to-see-hide-in-plain-sight-7-wastes-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/learn-to-see-hide-in-plain-sight-7-wastes-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/learn-to-see-hide-in-plain-sight-7-wastes-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>In Lean Management, the phrase &#8220;learn to see&#8221; was not coined by accident.<\/p>\n<p>John Shook and company chose a great term to describe the transformation that happens when individuals and organizations learn the difference between value, waste, and they begin to see old things in new ways.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\">\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Other 7 Wastes Articles<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/download-7-wastes\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13652\" title=\"download 7 wastes ebook for free\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/wastes3d-730x1024.png\" alt=\"get ebook download of lean 7 wastes\" width=\"197\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"free download of 7 wastes ebook\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/download-7-wastes\/\">Get the 7 Wastes eBook FREE<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"improving a process that shouldn't exist is the biggest waste of all\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/purpose-and-process\/8326\/\">Don't Improve a Process That Shouldn't Exist<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"overproduction and environment\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/overprodution-7-wastes-an-environmental-perspective\/2135\/\">Overproduction and the Environment<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"7 wastes of law and the legal industry\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/process-improvement-legal-industry-improving-practice-of-law\/9194\/\">7 Wastes and the Practice of Law<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"7 wastes of software engineering\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/the-seven-wastes-of-software-engineering\/2190\/\">7 Wastes of Software Development<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"environment 7 wastes in lean\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/the-seven-wastes-and-environmental-impact\/2196\/\">7 Wastes and the Environment<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"7 wastes in an office environment\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/the-seven-wastes-and-the-office\/2203\/\">7 Wastes in the Office<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"7 wastes for a call center\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/the-seven-wastes-of-contact-call-center\/2254\/\">7 Wastes in a Call Center<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"affiliate marketing using lean 7 wastes\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/the-seven-wastes-of-affiliate-marketing\/2362\/\">7 Wastes in Affiliate Marketing<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"paid search marketing 7 wastes using lean\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/the-seven-wastes-of-paid-search-marketing\/2376\/\">7 Wastes of Paid Search Marketing<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"wastes hide, how to see\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/waste-hides-in-plain-sight\/3014\/\">Wastes Hide in Plain Sight<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"lean for human resources, 7 wastes identified\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/the-seven-wastes-of-human-resources-hr\/3045\/\">7 Wastes of Human Resources<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"how the 7 wastes are related\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/toyota-7-wastes-symbiotic-relationship\/8303\/\">Symbiotic Relationship between 7 Wastes<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"how osama bin laden explains 7 wastes really good\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/10-things-osama-bin-laden-in-common-7-wastes-lean\/8551\/\">Osama Bin Laden and the 7 Wastes<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"information overload is a type of waste\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/information-overload-waste-of-overprocessing-overproduction\/8760\/\">Information Overload is Waste<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"waste of overprocessing is everywhere you look\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/waste-overprocessing-everywhere\/14376\/\">Overprocessing is Everywhere<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"what are the wastes in product development process\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/the-seven-wastes-of-product-development\/2504\/\">7 Wastes of Product Development<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"medical billing 7 wastes\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/the-seven-wastes-of-medical-billing\/2470\/\">7 Wastes of Medical Billing<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/download-7-wastes\/\">Waste<\/a> hides in plain site. Yet it hides well &#8211; very well. What needs to change is how we see. We must learn to see <sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-3014-1' id='fnref-3014-1' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(3014)'>1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>The current Lean movement, however, is overly-focused on tools, value stream icons, etc. But, there is an art of Lean as well as a science to Lean.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Socratic dialogue is often how Lean is taught, with the aim of stretching the student. But, there&#8217;s an art to that approach &#8211; being sensitive enough to what the student needs, what he needs to learn, and when to back off and when to step in.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Waste hides in plain sight. 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