Summary: Can the principles of Lean be applied to your daily life? Dan Markovitz, founder and owner of <a href="http://timebackmanagement.com/">TimeBack Management</a> certainly thinks so. He has developed a consultancy specializing in improving individual and organizational performance through the application of lean concepts. Dan has backed up his claim in his latest book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439859930/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=business901-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1439859930">A Factory of One: Applying Lean Principles to Banish Waste and Improve Your Personal Performance</a>. Dan feels Lean can be just as powerful for yourself as it for organizations. <br> <br> After talking to Dan, I reviewed the 5 basic principles of Lean: <br> <br> Identify Value <br> Map Value Stream <br> Create Flow <br> Establish Pull <br> Seek Perfection <br> <br> I certainly found an interesting relation to how I apply them from an organizational standpoint and how I could use them to improve my day. Dan gave a few tips and encouraged me to find the root cause of several of my most nagging problems. I can’t say the choices were easy but I was certainly able to address them and make decisions accordingly. Now, if I can only sustain it!!! <br> <br> I reviewed the book in this blog post: <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/how-do-you-handle-inputs-into-your-life-do-you-process-them-effectively-and-efficiently/">How do you handle inputs into your life?</a> and there is a written excerpt from the podcast, <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/can-you-lean-yourself/">Can you Lean yourself?</a>. <br> <br> Related Information: <br> <br> Jim Benson’s <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1453802266/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=business901-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1453802266">Personal Kanban</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/successful-lean-teams-are-iteams/">Successful Lean teams are iTeams</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/kaizen-is-always-individual/">Kaizen is Always Individual</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/4-disciplines-of-execution-lean-simplified/">4 Disciplines of Execution – Lean Simplified</a>
