| Be the Spark

I've been going coast to coast recently performing training for Lean Safety Gemba Walks, Coaching, and this upcoming week for some Black...

Last year I made a post about my Career Goals for 2018 (https://www.leansparx.com/post/it-s-time-for-some-career-resolutions-2018). Below...

I have been reflecting once again on the myriad of changes that have been happening with the journey of learning I've been on recently....

This past week I was working with a team on a project looking at some issues that were being seen in our overall surface transportation...

I've been collecting many of the learning experienced in our organizational transformation and creating models of what we have been...

This week was a special week in one of our plants. I received an excited text and call from one of my colleagues. "Tom, I am having an...

I witnessed this concept happen this past week as I worked with the team with their Gemba Walks. We walked and learned more about one of...

I want my customers to have a kick-ass experience. When I look at my company's customer scores on Google or Yelp, I see 1, maybe 2 star...

I hate cleaning. It's not that the cleaning part is what I hate, I hate the fact that things get so dirty so quickly and then I spend so...

This week I was in Independence, MO working with another team in our company to help learn the skills of coaching and how to see waste...

This weekend I watched Dead Poets Society, a movie I haven't actually watched until now. In the movie, Robin Williams' character, Mr....

This week I worked with another team to start their journey toward Operational Excellence. Again there were many great discussions,...

Each New Year is a perfect time to reflect upon the previous year and think about the year ahead. I have spent this time to reflect upon...

Sometimes all it takes is just one spark. One person to say "let's try it!" if you've got an idea, or "it's alright, what have we...

I've been having this conversation quite often lately. The idea is that for every action, for every statement, and for everything that we...

There is a wonderful book out there called A More Beautiful Question by Warren Berger. I was given this book during a training program...