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		<title>So is Standardized Work Really Important?</title>
		<link>http://theleanleap.com/2011/02/so-is-standardized-work-really-important/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lean Lessons]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the differances between lean and six sigma]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a confession – a few times a week I run through a local fast food establishment and grab a sausage biscuit for breakfast.  I know, I know, please spare me the lectures I hear them all the time.  Even before I put my blinker on to pull in, I picture my wife with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lean Frog Radio Appearance</title>
		<link>http://theleanleap.com/2011/01/lean-frog-radio-appearance/</link>
		<comments>http://theleanleap.com/2011/01/lean-frog-radio-appearance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had the pleasure of being a guest on Talk Radio for Entrepreneurs.
Listen to the show&#8230;

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		<title>Why the name LEAN Frog?</title>
		<link>http://theleanleap.com/2010/06/why-the-name-lean-frog/</link>
		<comments>http://theleanleap.com/2010/06/why-the-name-lean-frog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Answers to Questions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frog Totem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LEAN Frog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transformation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is usually only a matter of time before someone I meet asks where the name of my business comes from…Why the name LEAN Frog?
The frog is a totem of transformation.  Throughout history there have been many frog stories, but the old childhood fairy tale about the frog that is transformed into a prince [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s Six Sigma?</title>
		<link>http://theleanleap.com/2010/02/wheres-six-sigma/</link>
		<comments>http://theleanleap.com/2010/02/wheres-six-sigma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Answers to Questions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alabama lean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Certified Six Sigma Black Belt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DMAIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lean six sigma]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[waste reduction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt and owner of Lean Frog, I am often asked why my website and marketing materials do not mention Six Sigma.  After all, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma are popular buzz phrases in most industries. 
I want to answer that question by first discussing what the differences [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Value</title>
		<link>http://theleanleap.com/2010/01/building-value/</link>
		<comments>http://theleanleap.com/2010/01/building-value/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Competitive Advantage]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Strategic Value Stream Mapping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Value Stream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Value Stream Mapping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VSM]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theleanleap.com/?p=518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Learn how Strategic Value Stream Mapping can be used to increase the value that you deliver to your customers.]]></description>
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		<title>Leaning Alabama Public Education…</title>
		<link>http://theleanleap.com/2009/12/leaning-alabama-public-education%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://theleanleap.com/2009/12/leaning-alabama-public-education%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alabama Public Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Huntsville City Schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improving Public Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[QEP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SACS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teacher Layoffs in Alabama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“If you think education is expensive – try ignorance.”
– Derek Bok, President, Harvard University
As a proud father of three, I wonder about both the availability and quality of education provided by the public school system, especially during these recessionary times.  One recent Sunday morning, I woke to find in big print on the front [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lean, Maslow, and ERG Theory &#8211; Why it Works</title>
		<link>http://theleanleap.com/2009/11/lean-maslow-and-erg-theory-why-it-works/</link>
		<comments>http://theleanleap.com/2009/11/lean-maslow-and-erg-theory-why-it-works/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lean Lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clayton Alderfer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ERG Theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hierarchy of Needs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lean implementation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lean transformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maslow]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart”
– Thomas J. Watson, Sr.
There is no question that Lean techniques work.  There are countless success stories you can easily find scattered across the media, but why?  How can such simple concepts and principles move business “mountains” and inspire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Your Business Flow?</title>
		<link>http://theleanleap.com/2009/10/does-your-business-flow/</link>
		<comments>http://theleanleap.com/2009/10/does-your-business-flow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5S]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Continuous Flow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lean Flow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lean Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Process Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pull Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Value Stream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Value Stream Mapping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workplace organization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theleanleap.com/?p=262</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[See post to watch Flash video]
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		<title>What Makes Someone Good at Leading Lean Implementation?</title>
		<link>http://theleanleap.com/2009/10/what-makes-someone-good-at-leading-lean-implementation/</link>
		<comments>http://theleanleap.com/2009/10/what-makes-someone-good-at-leading-lean-implementation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lean Lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership styles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lean implementation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vroom-Yetton Contingency Model]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.” – Yugoslav Proverb
This may seem like an easy question to answer.  Some would answer the question without hesitation, stating some unique facet of understanding related to Lean Techniques, but this does not fit the experiences that I have had in my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Eight Common Wastes</title>
		<link>http://theleanleap.com/2009/08/wastes/</link>
		<comments>http://theleanleap.com/2009/08/wastes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lean Eight Wastes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing Wastes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office Wastes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste Elimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste Walk]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sterlingwebsites.com/leanfrog/?p=181</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[See post to watch Flash video]
Download the Eight Wastes Worksheet
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