We keep talking about culture change when we refer to lean. In fact it's an attitude change.
I call it Lean Behavior.
Here are some differences in attitude between the Traditional thinking and lean thinking. Lean thinking is very optimistic. It engages people fully. They feel appreciated and trusted. Inner resources surface and motivation is strong. They keep looking even more fervently how to get rid of waste that eats away at their wealth.
We’ve never done it before _____ We’ll be the pioneers
It’s too complicated ___ Let’s look at it from a different angle
We don’t have the resources ___ Necessity is the Mother of Invention
It will never work ______ Let’s give it a try
There-s not enough time _____ We’ll reevaluate our priorities
We already tried it _______ We learned from the experience
There’s no way it will work _____ We will make it work
It’s a waste of time ______ Think of the possibilities
It’s of waste of money _______ The investment will be worth it
We don’t have the expertise _______ We’ll benchmark those that do
We can’t compete ________ We’ll get a jump on the competition
Our vendors won’t go for it ____ Let’s show them the opportunities
It’s good enough ________ There’s always room for improvement
We don’t have the money __________ Can we afford not to?
We’re understaffed _____________ We are a lean machine
We don’t have the room _______ We better organize our space
It will never fly __________ We’ll never know until we try
We don’t have the equipment ______ Can the equipment be rented?
It’s not going to be any better ______ We’ll try it one more time
No one communicates _________ Let’s open the channels
Isn’t it time to go home? _____ Days go so quickly around here!
I don’t have any idea _______ I’ll come up with some alternatives
Let someone else deal with it ____ I’m ready to learn something new
It’s too radical a change _______ Let’s take a chance
It takes too long to approve _____ We’ll walk it through the system
Our customers won’t buy it _______ We’ll explain the benefits
It’s not my job ____ I’ll be glad to take the responsibility
I CAN’T ________________________ I CAN
And that is lean thinking.
I picked this up from here:
http://www.implement-lean-manufacturing.com/lean-thinking.html
