inspirational lean quotes from successful leaders

Inspirational quotes around developing Lean cultures

August2016

WhatisaLeanCulture?

Crea0ngaLeanCultureinvolvesge4ng

everyonetoseeandembraceLean;toseewasteandremoveit;toques0oneverythingtheydo;toactonlyonfactsandnotopinion,

andworktogether,notinsilos.

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ThesimplicityofLean

‘Allwearedoingislookingatthe2meline,fromthemomentthecustomergivesusanorderto

thepointwhenwecollectthecash.

Andwearereducingthe2melinebyreducingthenon-valueaddingwastes’.

TaiichiOhno,Toyota

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HowLeanchallengesthestatusquo

‘IfI’daskedmycustomerswhattheywanted,theywouldhavesaidafasterhorse’.

HenryFord,FordMotorCompany

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ALeanculturefocusessuccess

‘Perfec2onisnotpossiblebutifwechaseperfec2on,thenwecancatchexcellence’.

VinceLombardi,NFLCoachoftheYear

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Leansuccessandchangegohandinhand

‘Progressisimpossiblewithoutchangeandthosethatcannotchangetheirmind,cannot

changeanything’.

GeorgeBernardShaw

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Tobeconsideredsuccessful,aLeanculturemustbesustainable

‘Con2nuousimprovementisbeCerthandelayedperfec2on’.

MarkTwain

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ThesuccessofdevelopingaLeancultureis100%reliantontheleadership’sac0veengagement

‘Aleaderleadsbyexample,whetherheintendstoornot’.

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AtrulyLeancultureconstantlyevolvesduetothedetermina0on,

insightandpassionoftheen0reteam

‘Excellenceisnotades2na2on;itisacon2nuousjourneythatneverends’.

BrianTracy,ConsultantandAuthor

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ThesuccessofaLeanculturecomesfromthegoalbeinguncompromising

‘Leanthinkingdefinesvalueasbringingbenefittothecustomer;anythingelseiswaste(and

needstobeeliminated)’.

EricRies,Entrepreneur&Author

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ALeanculturecreatescompe00veadvantage….withoutit,canleaveyouinthewakeofthecompe0tors

‘Thesuccessfulman(orteam),isonethatfindsoutwhatiswrongwiththeirbusiness…before

theircompe2torsdo’.

RoyLSmith,Author

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OfcourseLeanisnottheanswertoeveryorganisa>on’swoesbutit

shouldALWAYSresultinimprovedperformanceandsignificantcost

reduc>on

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