What You Can Learn about Lean from the Game “Flappy Birds”
“Flappy Birds” is a Lean game. It delivers value (fun) to its target group (casual gamers) with minimum effort (game play and production cost) at a price accepted by the market (zero, if you do not...
View ArticleCan You Blame Blamers for Blaming?
This question may sound silly, but it reveals a real problem. What can you do when confronted with blaming? How should you react when somebody else accuses you of being a blamer? No matter if at home...
View ArticleHabit Stacking in a Nutshell
I recently stumbled upon the book Habit Stacking: 97 Small Life Changes That Take Five Minutes or Less by S.J. Scott. The concept is very simple but powerful. Instead of a classical review, you will...
View ArticleStart Your Lean Diary Today
Some time ago I introduced the idea of a Lean Diary. The Lean Diary: One word per day. Weekly and monthly retrospectives. That’s it. #leandiaryClick To Tweet Exercise: Start your Lean Diary today....
View ArticleWelcome to the World of Mini Habits
The journey into Lean Self blogging is very fascinating for me. Sometimes I come up with patently absurd ideas, like micro-meditation or the Lean diary. Then I discover somebody else who made a cool...
View Article5 Reasons to Quit Waiting for Your Dreams to Come True
Imagine the following dialogue: Person #1: “Since I am 17 I wanted to learn the Italian language.” Person #2: “You are 67, what happened to your dream in the last 50 years?” Person #1: “Well, somehow...
View ArticleAgile Kaizen: Speeding Up Continuous Improvement
Today I present you a guest post I have written for Joel Gross, author of TheKaizone Blog. Joel posts about Lean Thinking and Continuous Improvement for Business and for Life. One core principle of...
View ArticleDo You Listen to Your Own Advice?
This Wednesday, I was fighting against my bicycle. Half of the distance to work I had the feeling to drive uphill. What went wrong? Flashback to exactly two months ago.Click To Tweet Maybe you remember...
View ArticleApply for the Lean Beyond Award 2014
Do you apply Lean (or Agile) beyond business? Is your household following Lean (or Agile) principles? Do you blog about it? Then you can win the “Lean Beyond Award 2014.” This is what a winner of the...
View ArticleHave You Applied for the Lean Beyond Award?
Do you apply Lean (or Agile) beyond business? Is your household following Lean (or Agile) principles? Do you blog about it? Then you can win the “Lean Beyond Award 2014.” This is what a winner of the...
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