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Surf’s up! Or maybe not, given the snow clinging to the roofs of the cars in this photo of Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive that we came across on ElectroSpark’s Flickrstream. Well, that, and the ominous skies out on the horizon. Looks like these folks were in for another round of the white stuff before too long. In the meantime, the anonymous photographer caught them waiting for the light at the base of Navy Pier, making the perfect carspotting opportunity. What do you see here?

via Raymond Arsenault on Life and Business http://raymondarsenault.blogspot.com/2015/12/chicago-1959.html

At first glance, the covered wagon at Weber State University looks the same as the symbol of Utah’s past spotted throughout museums and history books.



The wagon is large enough to carry a family. Supplies hang off of every open space and the entire set-up is the muted brown color of faded wood and layers of dust.



It is only on closer inspection that the wagon becomes visible for what it really is: a life-size sculpture made of cardboard and twine.







After an invitation to give a talk at Weber State earlier in the year, Johnson instead suggested a community sculpture project with students in the art department.



For one week, Johnson set up shop in the lobby of the Kimball Visual Arts Center. After designing the basic structure of the wagon, Johnson was joined by new artists every day who created their own pieces for the project. Students from the sculpture and design classes at Weber sketched out ideas for components to add to wagon.



These additions ranged from cardboard tools and silverware, to chickens, hats and plenty of guns.















http://www.standard.net/gallery/The-Prairie-Schooner-Project

http://www.standard.net/Profiles/2015/11/27/Crossing-the-country-on-cardboard

http://www.thebanyancollective.com/ogden-outdoor-adventure-show/2015/11/20/ogden-outdoor-adventure-show-219-art-adventure

Found on https://www.facebook.com/igor.bietry.1?fref=nf

If you’ve been a listener of my LeanBlog Podcast series, you might know that I normally record conversations and then publish them into the podcast feed.

Today at noon CT, I’m going to do my first live broadcast of a podcast discussion via the “Blab.im” streaming platform.

My guest is going to be Sam MacPherson and we’ll be talking about Lean leadership, including his lessons learned from his time as a Green Beret. Sam introduced me to the idea of Blab.im (along with Chris Burnham) and we did a discussion there about a month ago if you want to watch the recording.

Sam wrote up a bit of a preview of the discussion on LinkedIn. You can also find him on Twitter as @leanleaderway.

So, you can watch live today at Noon CT or you can listen to this when I get the audio in the podcast feed, as normal.

The Blab.im platform might be blocked by some workplaces. You can view without an account, but to ask questions, you need to connect a Twitter account to Blab.im. Learn more about the platform and how to use it.

Here’s today’s embedded player and recording:

I hope you enjoy it!

Thanks for reading! I’d love to hear your thoughts. Please scroll down to post a comment (or click through to the blog if you’re reading via email or RSS).

Original article: My First Live Podcast – Today with Sam MacPherson on Lean Leadership.

(c) Mark Graban and Constancy, Inc. 2005-2015



via Raymond Arsenault on Life and Business http://raymondarsenault.blogspot.com/2015/12/my-first-live-podcast-today-with-sam.html

1939 ZiS (Zavod Imeni Stalina) 101A Sport Coupe Built on the chassis of a seven-seater limousine, the one-and-only ZiS-101A Sport Coupe was built by the Soviet VMS factory. “One and only” is quite literal because there was only one single Sport Coupe built. Collectors and historians have been in search of it since the war, but so far, no sign.



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Found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/321577158048111/?fref=nf

Ford’s 427 didn’t make its way under a production car’s hood until 1963, but the side-oiler here looks right at home in the engine bay of this 1960 Ford Galaxie Sunliner for sale on Hemmings.com, especially with that four-speed (another not-for-1960 piece of equipment) and those wider-than-stock steelies. From the seller’s description:

recently refurbished; re-painted in original Rangoon Red” some years back; equipped with a modified “427” Ford “Nascar style” 425 H.P.FoMoCo “Cobra”; with cast Iron factory headers, dual four barrel side-oiler engine; 4 speed manual floor mounted transmission; Moroso high capacity oil pan,Dual point distributor,”Poverty” hubcaps on slightly wider wheels;new interior in correct tri-tone pattern; nice chrome and britework; new white grained top; manual steering and brakes; new door/ trunk/ hood rubber seals original trunk liner; not for the faint of heart!

Yesterday, I did a webinar about the “ExperienceChange” workshops that I’m facilitating and would love to bring to your organization.

In the webinar (see the recording), the first part talks about the need for change management practices and higher levels of employee engagement. That doesn’t mean somehow forcing people to go along with what you want to do. It means real engagement and collaboration.

Why do people complain about a “lack of sustainment?” What are some of the root causes of that? What can we do about it?

What’s the first part of the webinar.

Then, at about 23:00 in, I start talking about how the on-site workshop is facilitated. Click on the link if you want to jump right to that point.

And, at about 28:30 in, I show a brief demonstration of what the Lakeview change simulation looks like. Jump to that part of the video.

I’m curious what you think about the change management challenges and ideas from the first 20 minutes of the webinar, even if you’re not interested in the ExperienceChange workshop.

Thanks for reading! I’d love to hear your thoughts. Please scroll down to post a comment (or click through to the blog if you’re reading via email or RSS).

Original article: Webinar Recording – Why Change Management and Lean Are So Important.

(c) Mark Graban and Constancy, Inc. 2005-2015



via Raymond Arsenault on Life and Business http://raymondarsenault.blogspot.com/2015/12/webinar-recording-why-change-management.html