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Why you can't convince your boss to support lean activities, unless ...
Dear Gemba Coach: I work as a deployment champion in a manufacturing company, but I don’t have the support of my managers because they don´t…
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If lean is all about people, why are the discussions impersonally cold and rational?
Dear Gemba Coach: Lean thinkers say it’s all about people, but the debates are then all so cold and rational. Where are the emotions and the…
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2024 Lean Summit Recap
LEI's Lean Summit showcased how leaders leverage lean for innovation from AI-powered healthcare to US manufacturing's revival.
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The Challenge in Providing Challenging Work
LEI's Mark Reich chimes in on the discussion of how to most effectively manage and coach the young generation of leaders and team members known…
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An LEI New Year's Resolution: No Wallpaper!
I've resolved that in 2002 no one in the lean community will turn their value stream maps into corporate wallpaper by failing to actually implement…
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From Troubleshooting a Leaky Toilet Flapper to Innovating the Internet, a Comprehensive Problem-Solving Framework
Arriving at his hotel after midnight, author and business consultant Art Smalley just wanted to get some sleep before his keynote presentation later that day.…
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Maximizing People Systems in a Lean Transformation
Don't make the mistake of overlooking the important role that human resources plays in a lean transformation. Learn how to align HR policies and practices…
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Why haven't lean tools changed our culture?
Dear Gemba Coach: I’m part of a team that has been tasked to implement lean tools across the company to drive continuous improvement actions, and…
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Process Improvement
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Believe in One Thing All the Way
Who is a “superhero” in our companies, asks Darril Wilburn in this inspiring piece: Is it the person that can outperform nine others by three…
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Improvement Kata/Coaching Kata
Develop Scientific Thinking, a Foundation of Lean Management in the 21st Century.
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Value-Stream Improvement
An improvement method based on the scientific approach to problem solving known as plan-do-check-act (PDCA) or plan-do-study-adjust (PDSA) that brings together the scientific and cultural…
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The Lives of Your Grandchildren Depend on Innovating New Healthcare Models
Renowned healthcare transformation experts examine what it will take to reinvent healthcare models through innovation and propose a new process for finding them.
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Why the Most Important Product Leaders Can Develop is Their Team
While new technology and innovative ideas may seem paramount to achieving development excellence, it's really the people within the teams who are preeminent. Watch the…
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Standardized Work
Establishing precise procedures for each operator’s work in a production process, based on three elements: Takt time, which is the rate at which products must…
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Using Lean Thinking to Help Schools Get the Resources They Need at DonorsChoose.org
A fantastic example of how lean thinking and practice has moved into the nonprofit sector, DonorsChoose.org began its lean journey in 2007 when its leadership…
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The (Real) Lean Firefighter: Bringing Lean to the Grand Rapids Fire Department
Brad Brown had no lean experience when he joined the Grand Rapids Fire Department (GRFD) in 2003. But as the Great Recession went into full…
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