Podcast
Diving Deep to Discover the Value of Lean Companies with Cliff Ransom
The following conversation drills down into the lessons learned from looking at public companies through lean-colored glasses.
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Article
Leadership Q&A: Bill Hopkins, Akron Children’s Hospital board member and former vice president, technology/strategic initiatives, at Goodyear
From the LEI senior executive series on lean leadership:Hopkins on why Akron Children’s Hospital leadership decided to implement lean process improvement at all levels and…
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Article
What do effective leaders actually do every day? GTS4
So many of us know the value of lean thinking and practice, but what do lean leaders actually do every day? Tracey Richardson offers a…
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Webinar
4 Types of Problems: The Keys to Better Organizational Problem Solving
Join Art Smalley for this important, eye-opening webinar and learn why settling on a favorite problem-solving technique or two is a big mistake. Art will…
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Video
Lean Talks: Are You Making Excuses or Solving Problems?
In his "lean talk" at the Lean Transformation Summit this past March, lean coach and author Mark Graban shared his perspective on what a culture…
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Article
10 Golden Rules for Radical Quality Improvement
What you need to know and do to lead your team to make step-change improvements to quality.
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Webinar
Leveraging Strategy Deployment to Effectively Respond to the Unexpected
How Hoshin Kanri Builds Organizational Resilience.
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Article
Forward to Fundamentals Webinar with John Shook and Jim Womack, Written Transcript
In recent years, most discussions around lean transformation have understandably evolved toward more managerial and strategic matters. Yet there remains an alarming lack of solid…
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Podcast
Ep. 9 Leadership, Building Consensus, and Embracing Culture with Dr. Kiame Mahaniah and John Shook
Two things to think about. Challenges and Culture.Challenges shape who we are. I think we can all look at who we are and remember a…
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Podcast
Ep. 10 Port to Plate, Lean Changes the Restaurant Industry with Legal Sea Foods’ Executive Chef Rich Vellante
Can the restaurant industry change they way they've worked for decades? Legal Sea Foods has been on their lean journey for a few years and…
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Article
Developing Students, Improving Universities
"Today, lean thinking in higher education is uncommon," writes Theresa Coleman-Kaiser of Michigan Tech University. "As a rule, institutions that teach lean continuous improvement in…
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Article
Ask Art: Doesn't Lean Entail Headcount Reductions?
Many people think Lean is about reducing headcount. Art Byrne responds to this common misconception and explains what to do when lean improvements do free…
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