Adam Lawrence 10/16/25 Adam Lawrence 10/16/25

The Birth and Quiet Death of Definitions

We created a beautiful, highly complicated product that no one bought. In the end, it led to many great innovations.

Adam Lawrence 1/2/25 Adam Lawrence 1/2/25

Do Your Due Diligence

A newspaper, with the title "Classified" and a pen and magnifying glass laying on it.

Adam Lawrence 11/7/24 Adam Lawrence 11/7/24

When Someone Knows You Better than You Know Yourself

Two office workers shaking hands in formal office wear.

Adam Lawrence 3/19/24 Adam Lawrence 3/19/24

The Sexiest Man in Pensacola

At the end of every Kaizen event, we created a report out and practiced it before sharing it with the leadership team. Team members were having so much fun that I didn't know if I would still have a job when it was over!

Five coworkers smiling and laughing around a work station.

Adam Lawrence 12/27/23 Adam Lawrence 12/27/23

Strengthening the Kaizen Culture

The story of how I was able to support CITY Furniture's Lean Journey

The story of how I was able to support CITY Furniture's Lean Journey

A board with information about culture written around the words, "Culture loading...." There's also a computer keyboard, a coffee cup, crackers, and pencils.

Adam Lawrence 8/23/23 Adam Lawrence 8/23/23

Visibility Equals Accountability

One quarter of a clock, showing the time at 3:00 and the second hand at 4 seconds.

Taking our meetings out of the conference room and onto the shop floor (Gemba) raised our game and drove results immediately

Adam Lawrence 8/9/23 Adam Lawrence 8/9/23

Be Careful What You Ask For

My words came back to haunt me after an extremely challenging week.

Adam Lawrence 10/5/22 Adam Lawrence 10/5/22

Don't be Afraid to Expose Your Weaknesses

Bringing the UL inspector into the plant improved our quality and strategic growth position.

Adam Lawrence 9/7/22 Adam Lawrence 9/7/22

The Journey is Long

Sometimes you need an outside voice to get your point across.

Adam Lawrence 7/13/22 Adam Lawrence 7/13/22

Cream Rises to the Top

A team member shined as she learned how to train using Training Within Industry

Adam Lawrence 6/29/22 Adam Lawrence 6/29/22

Who Are We Designing This For?

Make information convenient for the people doing the work, not those managing the work.

Adam Lawrence 3/23/22 Adam Lawrence 3/23/22

Lean in Action

Making training more engaging through real life examples

Adam Lawrence 2/9/22 Adam Lawrence 2/9/22

Championing Change in Technology

The story of how we brought Lean into our Global Technology organization.

Adam Lawrence 1/26/22 Adam Lawrence 1/26/22

A Wakeup Call

Sometimes you have to make a life changing decision to improve the organization.

Adam Lawrence 12/15/21 Adam Lawrence 12/15/21

Four Value Streams with Four Boards

A white board with Post-its stuck to it and a few dry erase markers laying in a tray.

We let each Value Stream team design their white board in a way that worked best for them

Adam Lawrence 10/20/21 Adam Lawrence 10/20/21

Never Give Up

It’s critical to engage team members to get their alignment and buy-in prior to the Kaizen event. Here’s a story that illustrates what happens when communication is less than adequate