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Michikazu Tanaka of Daihatsu on “What I Learned from Taiichi Ohno”
This week (and in some future columns as well, no doubt) I’ll indulge my deep interest in the history of…
Read 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…
Read article And You Forgot About Overproduction
John Shook discusses waste - specifically, overproduction
Read article ThedaCare Improved Outcomes with Lean Management
This article provides a summary of ThedaCare's lean journey, including improvements in their radiation oncology department. From the article:"The results…
Read article Back to Basics at the Lean Transformation Summit
John Shook reflects on the 2009 Lean Transformation Summit
Read article Respect Science, Particularly in a Crisis
The current recession is the fifth in my working career. And it is beginning to feel like the worst. I…
Read article Learning from Managing to Learn
It has been about four months since the release of Managing to Learn, now already in its second printing. I’ve…
Read article GM Veteran Lou Farinola Responds to, “Why hasn’t GM learned from NUMMI?”
John Shook discusses how GM learned from NUMMI with a former GM executive
Read article Coaching and Questions; Questions and Coaching
John Shook discusses the role of questioning
Read article Taking the Wheel as Toyota Skids
As he assumes the presidency of Toyota Motor Corporation after a 25 year apprenticeship, Akio Toyoda embodies the company's Toyota Way…
Read article Constancy of Purpose
The first of Dr. W. Edwards Deming’s 14 Points is "create constancy of purpose for continual improvement of products and…
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Landscape Forms Cultivates Lean to Fuel Growth Goals
With single-item orders 80% of the time, adopting single-piece flow and cellular production made sense to management at Landscape Forms,…
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