"Remember, it goes beyond reducing WIP. Being able to take needless work out of the system is more important than being able to put more work into the system."

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Source : Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford (2014). “The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win”, p.164, IT Revolution

Gene Kim

#Work Out Quotes #Important Quotes #Able Quotes

“People fall so in love with their pain, they canâ€™t leave it behind. The same as the stories they tell. We trap ourselves.”
“A new space race has begun, and most Americans are not even aware of it. This race is not [about] political prestige or military power. This new race involves the whole human species in a contest against time.”
“The Earth doesn't care what we need; Mother Nature doesn't negotiate.”
“I don't have much time for shopping so I pick things up when I can. My favorite labels are APC, Isabel Marant and Agnes B because the clothes are cut small and have a simplicity to them.”
“We have been maintaining a standard of living by putting things on the debt of the next generation.”
“We all have a tendency to think that the world must conform to our prejudices. The opposite view involves some effort of thought, and most people would die sooner than think in fact they do so.”
“If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches.”
“I worshipped dead men for their strength, Forgetting I was strong.”

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