DailyKaizen

It has been a difficult week for me.  For the last year I have spent countless hours working in the organization’s Model Line.  Many of my experience I have shared with you in posts on this blog.  I was there when it was just on paper and I have watched it grow and take form.  It has provided me an incredible opportunity to learn, develop great friends and work with an amazing group of leaders, managers and staff.  As you can probably tell I take great pride in having been part of this work and feel a lot of ownership to its continued success. 

What has also become obvious to me over the last couple of weeks is that it is time for me to get out of the way and take on a new challenge.   The leaders and Lean specialists in the Model Line have progressed very quickly and I am at a point where I often find myself getting in their way, which is a good thing, because it means we have been successful.  I have been asked to take on a new role and will be working with our centralized Lean group in developing a Hoshin Kanri system for the organization.  It will be another great opportunity to learn, teach and write new blog posts.

This also gives me a chance to take a couple of weeks off and spend some time in Europe with my wife who has often seems like a stranger lately since work has been so involved.  So you will not be hearing from me until Mid-October, but I am sure Ted will hold down the fort while I am gone.  With both of us taking different pathways it will be interesting to see if the blog looses something or gains something.   Guess time will tell 

Take care all and thanks for reading!

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