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Art of Lean on Problem-Solving, Part 5: Tuckman’s Model of Team Formation
Coaching teams is the topic of this fifth part of an ongoing series on coaching problem-solving by Art Smalley. He…
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Are You Making Good Products…by Making Good People?
The best way to hone your employees' technical skills and problem-solving chops is to challenge them to make the right…
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Are You Creating the Right Environment?
Turner Construction is working hard to develop the "right environment" in which productive lean inquiry is baked into the working…
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How Building in Learning and Knowledge Reuse Improves Product Development Success
Three leading practitioners share successful examples of how they built learning and knowledge reuse into their development process.
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How to Save Time and Money in Innovation by Reusing Knowledge
Massive books of knowledge or huge lists weren’t very effective ways of getting the engineers he managed to reuse knowledge,…
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Combat the Ninth Waste of Overthinking
Overthinking should be considered yet another form of waste that true lean practice can identify and eliminate, argues Dan Prock,…
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Exploring When More is Not Better with Roger Martin
How lean thinking could help address America's wealth and power gap.
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Videos from WLEI: Deep Dives on the Factory Floor with Cliff Ransom
Cliff Ransom walks through a factory with us, emphasizing how lean thinking improves the quality and efficiency of the work…
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Embracing Standard Work in Lean Accounting: An Interview with Mark DeLuzio
How standard work catalyzes continuous improvement in lean accounting and finance -- and any other work area.
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Ask Art: Why Switch from Batch to Lean?
Switching from batch production to a complete lean enterprise produces benefits far beyond immediate financial results, argues Art Byrne. Read…
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LEI In the News: Leading Trade Journal Asks How Lean Principles Performed During the Pandemic
Lean management principles didn’t fail during the pandemic; some companies failed to execute them correctly, especially the practice of just-in-time…
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A Spotlight on Leaders: What We Can Still Learn from Danaher and Wiremold
Watch Legendary lean pioneer Art Byrne, author of The Lean Turnaround and The Lean Turnaround Action Guide, in a lively…
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