Article
What lean concepts are most difficult to teach?
Dear Gemba Coach: In your experience of teaching lean, what do you find most difficult to teach?
View article![Article graphic image with repeating icons](https://www.lean.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fallback-article-375x137.jpg)
Article
Lean Writing Has a Gemba
What makes for good (lean) writing? What kind of writing are we looking for on The Lean Post? LEI senior editor Tom Ehrenfeld chimes in.
View article![](https://www.lean.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/54_large-375x137.jpg)
Article
Be More Innovative with These Resources and Ideas for Exploiting World-Shaping Trends
Great products and services begin with great ideas and great ideas are informed by the big trends that are shaping the world. But how do…
View article![](https://www.lean.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/1150_large-375x137.jpg)
Article
Pi-Day, Robots, and the Joy of Making Things
To mark Engineers Week, Feb. 18-23, we’re reprising a story about celebrating Pi Day by Jim and Mary Morgan, a self-described “geek couple.” And we’re…
View article![](https://www.lean.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/378_large-375x137.jpg)
Article
Lean and Agile: Finding a Role for Your Leadership in Your Transformation Model
"Lean and Agile are two of the most commonly discussed (and hotly debated) principles for managing a business, particularly when there’s a transformation underway," writes…
View article![a woman looking at the camera](https://www.lean.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/674_large-375x137.jpg)
Article
Manufacturing’s Next Chapter
Using the experience of GE Appliance and other manufacturers, LEI CEO John Shook reminds lean thinkers that much remains to be written in “manufacturing’s next…
View article![Article graphic image with repeating icons](https://www.lean.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fallback-article-375x137.jpg)
Article
The Value of A Visual Schedule is Developing Shared Understanding
People closest to the work should understand it best, so they are in the best position to share what the work is including what they…
View article![](https://www.lean.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1123_large-1-375x137.jpg)
Article
Follow-up Q & A to the Webinar "Big Company Disease: What is it? and Why Should I Care?”
The following questions represent the most-asked ones that we couldn't get to during the webinar “Big Company Disease” with presenter Pascal Dennis.
View article![Article graphic image with repeating icons](https://www.lean.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fallback-article-375x137.jpg)
Lexicon Term
Toyoda, Kiichiro (1894-1952)
The son of Toyota Group founder Sakichi Toyoda, who led the effort to enter the auto industry in the 1930’s. Kiichiro, believed that he could…
Learn moreArticle
The Leader's Dilemma: Becoming a Learner
We build leaders up to be all-knowing, but leaders who act as 'knowers' (as opposed to learners) actually limit their ability to accomplish what is…
View article![](https://www.lean.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/232_large-375x137.jpg)
Article
Three Lean Healthcare Success Stories From Across the Globe
Read a summary of 3 lean healthcare stories from the Lean Global Network, including reflections on what seems to make lean work in a healthcare…
View article![a group of people standing in a room](https://www.lean.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/351_large-375x137.jpg)
Article
Expanding Our Perspective on Lean Management, Part 1: A Creative Ethic
To explore the idea that there may be other angles for understanding lean management principles than purely business or analytical perspectives, a group of lean…
View article![](https://www.lean.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/863_large-375x137.jpg)
Article
Narrowing the Scope of Kaizen Activities
Are you having trouble implementing kaizen activities? If so, the solution could be as simple as narrowing down your targets for improvement. Andy Quibell shares…
View article![](https://www.lean.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/489_large-375x137.jpg)
Article
Small Batch: Hand-Picked Articles from the Global Lean Community (Vol. 4)
Our picks for the best high-impact learning stories and columns from Planet Lean.
View article![](https://www.lean.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/504_large-375x137.jpg)
Press Release
Lean Enterprise Institute Announces Training for Supply Chain, Logistics, Warehousing, and Distribution
The two hands-on workshops will take place October 8-11, 2013, at a working supply chain operations center so attendees can experience lean management principles in…
Learn moreEvent
Learning to See Using
Value-Stream Mapping
Develop a blueprint of improvements that will achieve your organization’s strategic objectives.
View eventOn-Demand Online,
with three 1-hour coaching sessions
scheduled at your convenience.
Article
I fail to see the difference between hoshin kanri and the strategic planning we used to do. What am I missing?
Dear Gemba Cocah: My boss has hired a consultant to take us through the Hoshin Kanri process. So far, I fail to see the difference…
View article![Article graphic image with repeating icons](https://www.lean.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fallback-article-375x137.jpg)
Article
Back to Basics: Jim Womack on Why You Should Never Create an A3 Alone
In this eletter from 2008, Jim Womack (in honor of the then-recent publication of "Managing to Learn") shares invaluable advice for a problem that too…
View article![](https://www.lean.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/780_large-375x137.jpg)
Article
How the A3 Process Developed to Help Build Better Managers
One of the hallmarks of a successfully executed A3 process is that it is a collaborative activity--a learning process for everyone involved: for learner and…
View article![](https://www.lean.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/1232_large-375x137.png)
Article
I Got 99 Problems and This Is How I'll Tackle Type One
After an unintentional sending a mass email with an error from LEI, Lory Moniz reflects on the source of the defect and commits to a…
View article![](https://www.lean.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/971_large-1-375x137.png)