One way to define Lean manufacturing or Lean productions, is to say that Lean means to create more value for customers with fewer resources. Lean principles are being adopted by a wide variety of industries and services, including healthcare, as a means of improving efficiency, productivity, and customer satisfaction. A cornerstone in most Lean programs is 5S, a simple set of techniques that remove waste from the workplace through better organization and housekeeping. Because each of the pillars of 5S begin with the letter S (Sort, Set in order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain), the program was named 5S.
What if organizational leaders could help their workforce learn to apply these same concepts to the thoughts they think and the actions they take? What if we all could learn to harness our minds and eliminate wasteful, negative thoughts so that we added value to every interaction we experience?
I think we could transform our society if we all learned to blend Lean thinking, Strategic Planning and the techniques outlined in Jack Canfield’s bestselling book, “The Success Principles” into the fabric of our lives. I believe that we could eliminate the wasteful thoughts and resulting actions that sabotage our efforts to achieve greater health, wealth and happiness for ourselves and others.
My goal over the next weeks and months is provide a series of blog articles and Facebook postings that you can adopt and share with your friends, families and coworkers. These articles will condense the essence of Jack Canfield’s Success Principles, Best Practices of Strategic Planning, and Lean Principles of waste reduction into a 3S framework to Sort, Support and Sustain your efforts to achieve the success you envision in all areas of your life.
