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THE FIVE COACHING KATA QUESTIONS
The Five Questions are a pattern and routine that's central to coaching the Improvement Kata.
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Why Do Problem-Solving Projects Fail?
You've probably participated in problem-solving projects that have fallen short of expectations. Why did they fail? Eric Ethington, a fellow…
Read article Creating the Conditions for Effective Lean Learning
If lean is problem-solving and problem-solving is all about learning, lean practitioners must develop a learner's attitude in everything they…
Read article How do you suggest we should do lean in a foundry?
Dear Gemba Coach: How do you suggest we should do lean in a foundry?
Read article Don Berwick on healthcare spending: “We have to improve our way out of this”
Dr. Donald Berwick, former administrator of the federal Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, says the U.S. will have to…
Read article LEI Partners Program Drives Lean Thought Leadership Forward
The Lean Enterprise Institute’s Partners Program—longstanding, collaborative learning relationships between LEI and six organizations leading their own lean transformations—is one…
Read article RETIRE THE PDCA WEDGE?
Thank you LEI for letting us share ideas & findings. Some things we in the Lean community have learned to…
Watch video It seems that lean these days is all about learning and coaching. What about the good ol’-fashioned just-in-time stuff of the earlier days?
Dear Gemba Coach: It seems that lean these days is all about learning and coaching. What about the good ol'-fashioned…
Read article What’s the difference between model lines and kaizen events?
Dear Gemba Coach: We used to do six sigma and are new to lean. Some consultants talk to us about…
Read article Can Lean and ERP Work Together?
With its top-down approach to materials planning and production scheduling, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems often conflict with lean production's…
Read article Management has a bad case of investment loss aversion. What can I do?
Dear Gemba Coach: I’ve been asked to take over the corporate lean program but the company’s investment plan favors large…
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Lean & ACOs at ThedaCare with Dr. Dean Gruner
Dean Gruner, M.D., president and CEO of ThedaCare, tells the LeanBlog podcaster Mark Graban how the Wisconsin healthcare system is…
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