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Ask Art: How Much Lean Training Should We Be Doing?
Why aren't more companies successful at Lean? Art Byrne says it has to do with an over-focus on planning and not enough learning-by-doing. "They don’t…
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The Mind of the Lean Manager
Moving beyond lean tools to embrace lean management techniques requires a shift in mindset—one that prioritizes problem-solving, experimentation, and continuous improvement at every level of…
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Influential Foodservice Newsletter Supports Steady Work Author’s Idea to Redesign #Restaurant Processes During Pandemic Shutdowns.
The Ashton Report cited the recommendation by Karen Gaudet that #QSR restaurants use lockdown time to develop better business processes.
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Why You Should Link Your Hoshin Kanri and A3 Management Processes
An organization that integrates a robust long-term-oriented strategy deployment process with a daily management process achieves greater performance gains than an organization with only one…
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6 Things You Can Do to Become a More Effective Lean Leader
This collection of articles from Lean Coach David Verble examines how the way managers and leaders talk to employees (and to each other) can contribute,…
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Want to Be a Better Leader and Coach? Listen to Yourself
Conduct this simple two-step analysis to learn whether you’re practicing the communication behavior that encourages a culture of engagement and continuous improvement.
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New Book, On the Mend, Prescribes Lean Healthcare to Cure U.S. Healthcare Delivery Waste and Errors
On the Mend tells the true story of how ThedaCare, a Wisconsin health system, implemented lean healthcare, a revolutionary new system for delivering more patient…
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Lean Transformations Require CEO Transformations
A lean healthcare effort put a CEO on a workplace team with positive results.
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Lean Healthcare Reform Means Reforming Healthcare Management
Healthcare reform by reducing patient errors, improving outcomes, and delivering better quality care at a higher value was the topic of a keynote address by…
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Empowering Frontline Operators with Human-Centric Technology: a Conversation with Natan Linder
LEI chats with author and entrepreneur Natan Linder about the potential of software to enable improvement among frontline workers.
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