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The Shift poster
Start the day. Run the work. Close the loop.
Four moves keep a shift honest: start together at the board, run the hours as they happen, call the stop the moment the work breaks, and close the loop before you go home.
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Free to download, print and use in your own workplace. Please don't resell them or strip the credit. © 2026 Plapl Games.
The four steps on the poster
- Start togetherTen minutes at the board
- Run the hoursTarget, actual, and the why
- Call the stopThe clock starts when the work stops
- Close the loopOne page before you go home
Also on the poster
- A silent start is a late startTen minutes at the board - what hurt yesterday, what the plan is today, and who is covering what.
- The hour is the unitA shift judged at the end is a story. An hour keyed in the hour is a fact you can still do something about.
- Stop is a skillCalling for help is not a confession. The silence is the expensive part.
- The loop must closeEvery stop and every miss leaves as an action with a name and a date, or the shift repeats itself tomorrow.
The line to remember
The shift is a loop. Close it before you go home.
In the app
The poster comes from Lean Day Toolkit, where it opens from Floor → Hour by hour, next to the tool it describes. Get the app: App Store · Google Play · Amazon Appstore for Fire tablets.