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LEAN PROVERBS wisdom for the journey

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Lean proverbs to help us on our journey.

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Page 1: Lean Proverbs

LEAN PROVERBSwisdom for the journey

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Created 2013

by Tom Curtis

Blog: www.onimproving.blogspot.com

Presentations: www.slideshare.net/onimproving 

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @onimproving

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a short saying often contains much wisdom.Sophocles

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the proverbs

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Standards not followed are not standards.

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Mistake proofed is mistake’s pain missed.

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Actually clarity requires price paid.

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Problem not acknowledged is future surprise.

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Not fixed will persist or recur.

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Tough decisions not made erode trust.

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Kaizen not maintained dissipates like smoke.

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Trust is not just one time won.

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Asking why opens the mind to new causes.

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Poka-yoke does issues choke.

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Accountability not in place perpetuates chaos.

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To define and refine takes time.

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Issues exist beyond what we are willing to see.

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Kaizen in your role.

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Quality not created is defect given.

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Go and see in not just for me bu also for thee.

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Symptoms to solve is little to resolve.

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Waste can multiply itself like rabbits.

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Respect not given is respect not to receive.

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Clean makes dirt abnormal.