Empower Your Life with Lean Principles

In today's fast-paced world, we are constantly seeking ways to streamline our lives, maximize productivity, and achieve personal growth. Lean management principles are traditionally associated with manufacturing and business processes, however their application to personal life can yield significant benefits. By adopting a lean mindset as individuals we can optimize time, resources, and energy to pursue our goals effectively.

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As a core principle of Lean, identifying value means businesses focus, prioritise on what their clients want / pay for and the associated mechanisms and processes that allow to increase value added and delivery. As individuals we must identify what truly matters in our personal lives. By clarifying priorities we can focus our efforts on activities that align with our values and bring fulfilment.

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To focus and prioritise on our value adding activities, we need to ensure we reduce or eliminate our wastes. To be able to do this effectively, we have to be aware of what these wastes are, so we must reflect on it and ‘map our lives’!This exercise will dig up hidden wastes that we have probably never thought of, empowering our journey into optimising our personal life.

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If we start to look at our daily lives through Lean lenses, we will gain a powerful tool to help us achieve our goals, dedicate time to personal growth or interests, nurture social relationships – whatever our goal may be! Best of all, this ‘way of operating’ is a simple and free approach to gradually change our habits and how we perceive our day to day!

At AXCO, we place a high value on well-being and work-life balance, believing these core values are essential for our team. By reflecting on and optimizing our personal lives using Lean principles, we can achieve greater efficiency and satisfaction. This not only enhances our daily lives, but also directly improves the quality of services we provide to our clients. With AXCO's support, we can help our clients' teams to incorporate Lean strategies into their personal routines too, leading to a more balanced, productive, and fulfilling life.

Article published by Frederico Oliveira Braga

Continuous Improvement Team-Leader | Lean Six Sigma Black Belt | Specialist in Business Transformation