I was at a wine and dinner party at Boulder Creek Winery.

All was great.

During the conversation, the co-owner started to talk about 5S. I thought it was going to be a cool discussion about the application of lean at a winery.

Mike Thompson, the co-owner, went on to inform me that 5S is:

1. Sight: how does the wine look?
2. Swirl: get the wine rolling in your glass.
3. Sniff: what aromas do you smell?
4. Sip: go ahead, have some.
5. Savor: enjoy the fruit of the wine maker’s labor.

It appears I have been teaching the wrong S words! – Mike Loughrin, CEO at Transformance Advisors and just a grasshopper when it comes to 5S for wine lovers.

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