In Chapter 1 of our February Flow vs Friction series, we examine two Lean wastes that often travel together: Defects and Overprocessing.

When outcomes fail to meet expectations, teams respond by adding reviews, controls, and extra steps. But those steps don’t fix the root cause — they compensate for it.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why defects are usually clarity issues, not capability issues

• How overprocessing emerges as a reaction to uncertainty

• Why waste compounds instead of appearing alone

• How to restore flow by removing ambiguity at the source

This conversation reframes defects and overprocessing not as people problems, but as system design issues.

The Lean Mastery Makers Space is now open inside the Savage Simplicity ecosystem — a free space for people who want to practice Lean thinking as a way of seeing, learning, and improving without adding noise.

🌱 Explore here:
https://savage-simplicity-ecosystem.circle.so/

LeanVerse is hosted by Bernadette Hill and Tatiana Sell.
Episode programming and writing by Tatiana Sell.
Produced and edited by Bernadette Hill.

Most New Year’s resolutions don’t fail because people lack motivation.They fail because there’s no system to support learning, feedback, and response once real life starts.

In this final episode of our New Year’s Resolutions series, we bring everything together by focusing on Daily Management — not as a reporting exercise, but as a practical system for noticing drift and responding before momentum is lost.

We explore:

Why alignment alone isn’t enough to sustain change

Why measurement without response creates noise, not improvement

How Daily Management Systems help you learn in real timeWhat it means when things stay “red” — or “green” — for too long

How sustainable change becomes a practice, not a promise

If your resolutions faded this year, this episode will help you understand why — and what actually makes them stick.

🔹 Explore Further

The Lean Mastery Makers Space is now live inside the Savage Simplicity Ecosystem — a low-noise space for people who want to practice Lean thinking beyond tools, apply it thoughtfully, and improve without overwhelm.

👉 Explore the ecosystem here:https://savage-simplicity-ecosystem.circle.so/

🔹 Connect with Bernadette Hill

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SavageSimplicity

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@savagesimplicity

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/savage.simplicity.with.bernadette/

LinkedIn – Bernadette Hill: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernadettehill/

Savage Swag Studio: https://savageswag.printful.me/

Savage Simplicity Ecosystem (Circle): https://savage-simplicity-ecosystem.circle.so/

🔹 Connect with Tatiana Sell

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tatiana-sell/

Daily Management Systems (DMS) are a core Lean practice for turning goals into real action — while there’s still time to adjust.

In this episode of LeanVerse, we explore how Daily Management Systems work beyond dashboards and meetings. We connect early indicators, daily rhythms, and human behavior to show how DMS creates clarity, reduces chaos, and supports continuous improvement — at work and in everyday life.

This episode bridges the technical and the human:

• What Daily Management Systems actually are (and what they are not)

• Why goals decay quietly without daily signals

• How leading indicators shift behavior

• How daily rhythms reduce firefighting

• Why stability must come before improvement

• How these same principles apply at home, not just in organizations

We also share real-world examples, including:

• Applying Daily Management principles in a family setting

• Lessons learned from the Lean Ambassadors Bench (LAB)

• Why seeing “red” is not failure — it’s information

  
  If a signal doesn’t change behavior or a decision, it’s just reporting.

This episode also marks the public launch of the Savage Simplicity™ Ecosystem — a low-noise, intentional space designed as a cognitive sanctuary for active thinkers.

It’s not a platform.It’s a thinking system.

🧭 The Savage Simplicity™ Ecosystem (NEW)🔗 Connect with LeanVerse & Bernadette Hill👉 https://savage-simplicity-ecosystem.circle.so/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SavageSimplicity
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@savagesimplicity
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/savage.simplicity.with.bernadette/
LinkedIn – Bernadette Hill: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernadettehill/
Savage Swag Studio: https://savageswag.printful.me/

LinkedIn – Tatiana Sell:https://www.linkedin.com/in/tatiana-sell/

This video shares the founder’s story behind the Savage Simplicity Ecosystem — a space designed to help thoughtful, capable people slow down enough to think clearly, choose intentionally, and build work and lives that are sustainable, not overwhelming.

Savage Simplicity was born from lived experience, not theory. It began with a simple realization: when life and work become too noisy, it’s impossible to see what actually matters. Over time, that realization grew into an ecosystem — including conversations, tools, and community — built around clarity, reflection, and continuous improvement without burnout.

This founder’s journey is not about arriving at perfection. It’s about choosing reflection over pressure, alignment over urgency, and progress that can last.

Explore the Savage Simplicity Ecosystem here:
https://savage-simplicity-ecosystem.circle.so/

Watch, listen, or explore at your own pace. This space exists to be entered gently.

Why do so many New Year’s resolutions fade—even when people start with strong intentions?

In Chapter 2 of the LeanVerse New Year’s Resolutions Series, we explore why measurement is often the missing piece. Not tracking for pressure or perfection—but choosing indicators that help you learn, adjust, and stay connected to what matters.

• Why goals without feedback quietly fail

• The difference between goals, metrics, and indicators

• How lagging indicators show up too late to help

• Why leading indicators give you agency today

• How this applies to work, family, and personal life

➡️ Next Chapter: Daily Management Systems — where goals either survive or disappear.

About the HostsBernadette HillYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SavageSimplicityTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@savagesimplicityFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/savage.simplicity.with.bernadette/LinkedIn – Bernadette Hill: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernadettehill/Savage Swag Shop: https://savageswag.printful.me/Website / Community (Circle): https://savage-simplicity-ecosystem.circle.so/Tatiana SellLinkedIn – Tatiana Sell: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tatiana-sell/

Why do New Year’s resolutions fail so often — even when intentions are good?

In this LeanVerse episode, Bernadette Hill and Tatiana Sell introduce Hoshin Kanri, a Lean strategy deployment method that shifts goal-setting from motivation and willpower to alignment and focus.

Originally used in organizations, Hoshin Kanri can also be applied to real life — helping individuals simplify priorities, connect daily actions to long-term direction, and make meaningful progress without burnout.

This episode opens the January Series with Ch. 1: Hoshin for the Holidays — a practical, human approach to starting the year with clarity instead of pressure.

• What is Hoshin Kanri?
  https://sixsigmadsi.com/what-is-hoshin-kanri/

Bernadette Hill
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@savagesimplicity
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernadettehill/
Community: https://circle.so/c/savagesimplicity

Tatiana Sell
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tatiana-sell/

In this premiere episode of Storytellers: Benicia Life, host Bernadette Hill sits down with Cindy Robertson—hairstylist of 40 years, owner of Shear Artistry Salon, and a woman whose story embodies courage, reinvention, and radical honesty.

After addiction nearly cost her everything—her health, marriage, business, and identity—Cindy made the decision to rebuild her life from the inside out. In this deeply personal conversation, Bernadette also shares her own eight-year recovery journey, revealing the intimate parallels between their paths.

Set inside Benicia’s historic Tannery Building, this episode explores what it really takes to start over: one choice, one habit, one honest moment at a time.

Topics in this episode:

• Navigating addiction and rebuilding your life

• Recovery as a daily practice

• Running a local business through personal transformation

• Reclaiming identity after years of silence

• The power of community in healing

Connect with the Guest — Cindy Robertson

Shear Artistry Salon (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=shear%20artistry%20benicia

(Use updated link if you have a direct one.)

Connect with Savage Simplicity wherever you already are →

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@savagesimplicity

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@savagesimplicity

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/savage.simplicity.with.bernadette/

LinkedIn – Bernadette Hill: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernadettehill/

Savage Swag Shop: https://savageswag.printful.me/

Website / Community (Circle): https://circle.so/c/savagesimplicity

Keywords: recovery, women in business, reinvention, sobriety, benicia california, small business owner, healing out loud, resilience, storytelling, bernadette hill podcast

Welcome to LeanVerse, a new series within the Savage Simplicity ecosystem where we make Lean simple, human, and accessible.

I’m Bernadette Hill — Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, leadership educator, and host of Savage Simplicity — and I’m joined by my friend and colleague Tatiana Sell, MBA, PMP, ASQ-CSSBB. Together, we explore what Lean really means in everyday language and everyday life.

In this trailer, we break Lean down to its simplest ideas — clarity, flow, reducing what gets in the way, and focusing on what truly matters. We share how Lean shows up at work, in projects, in leadership, and in our personal routines, and why this approach helps create more space, simplicity, and ease.

If Lean has ever felt intimidating, overly technical, or “not for you,” LeanVerse is here to change that. This season blends real stories, relatable examples, and practical ways to apply Lean principles to your modern life — because continuous improvement isn’t just for the workplace. It’s all the same life.

Topics in this trailer:
• What Lean actually means (in simple, human language)
• Why Lean is useful beyond manufacturing or corporate environments
• How Lean supports clarity, flow, and ease in daily life

Connect with Savage Simplicity wherever you already are →

YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@savagesimplicity

TikTok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@savagesimplicity

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/savage.simplicity.with.bernadette/

LinkedIn – Bernadette Hill:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernadettehill/

LinkedIn – Tatiana Sell:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tatiana-sell/

Savage Swag Shop:
https://savageswag.printful.me/

Website / Community (Circle):
https://circle.so/c/savagesimplicity

Keywords: lean, lean thinking, lean six sigma, continuous improvement, process improvement, simplification, productivity, everyday lean, women in leadership, modern life, ease, flow