Kanban is a methodology that focuses on process efficiencies in manufacturing. Some know it better as the “Toyota Production System” made famous by Taiichi Ohno. The basic idea is that you can gain efficiencies through a pull system that is organized by cards or other visual markers to control the flow of work in a system. While having its roots in manufacturing, the system has seen wide adoption in software engineering and is considered by many to be a very good system to aid in getting projects completed efficiently with the least amount of stress on workers.
Well, that’s great but what does that have to do with sex? In our humble opinion, a lot! Americans are not having as much sex as they used to despite the significant positive physical and emotional benefits it offers. Take a gander at the subreddit /r/deadbedrooms which has over 203k subscribers, to get an idea of bad the situation is. We know anecdotally that sex generally dies down the longer the relationship lasts. The limerence just dies away for most people and that, as far as the researchers tell us, is quite normal. But to the sexually minded, there seems to more to the problem:
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