inspirational lean quotes from successful leaders
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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’.
Authorunknown
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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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