Stephanie Hill May 31, 20211 minPerspective on PotentialSometimes, it takes an outside influence to reveal other people’s potential. I have been reflecting and writing about lessons I have...
Stephanie Hill May 31, 20211 minBring Your WHOLE Self While writing the most recent chapter about my son, I quoted an email from his teacher. “I just want to reach out to you to thank you for...
Stephanie Hill May 31, 20211 minLeadership CredoI was motivated by Katie Anderson to write and share my own Leadership Credo. (See below.) This was a wonderful exercise. It helped me...
Stephanie Hill May 31, 20211 minTypewriter GembaLean has a practice of Going to the Gemba to see where people do work to create value. I have always viewed the benefits as observation,...
Stephanie Hill Jan 17, 20213 minSignificance of Waste - Office ImprovementsPhoto by Markus Spiske on Unsplash The last of three key differences when transitioning continuous improvement (CI) from a manufacturing...
Stephanie Hill Nov 29, 20209 minImproving Daily ManagementMeredith Fisher and I recently had the pleasure of being guests on Jamie Parker’s Lean Leadership for Ops Managers podcast, “Improving...
Stephanie Hill Jul 22, 20203 minFrequency of Work Units - Office Improvements From the June post, we learned that most office processes move “widgets” through less frequently and/or with longer cycle times than most...
Stephanie Hill Jul 8, 20203 minAssociation to Work - Office ImprovementsAs promised, these next blog posts will include basic tips for addressing the main factors that impact results when doing continuous...
Stephanie Hill Jun 29, 20202 minSignificance of Waste - Office Vs. Manufacturing In Part One of this blog series, I shared the importance of understanding and adapting to three key factors that impact results when...
Stephanie Hill Jun 23, 20202 minThe Frequency Factor - Office Vs. Manufacturing - In Part One of this blog series, I shared the importance of understanding and adapting to three key factors that impact results when...
Stephanie Hill Jun 11, 20202 minAssociation to Work - Office vs. ManufacturingBefore I dive too deeply into this topic, I will share that we should always take the Continuous Improvement (CI) approach of gathering...
Stephanie Hill Jun 2, 20202 minImprovement During a Pandemic?Continuous Improvement (CI) professionals all over the world are facing a similar challenge - getting buy-in for improvement efforts...