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Are You Deploying Lean Mechanistically–or Organically?
Toyota operates on a complete system based on organic rather than mechanistic principles, argues Jeff Liker, who delineates the advantages…
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Art of Lean on Work & Waste, Part 7: Defects
Though he's calling the waste of defects the sixth waste in this series, Art Smalley, president of Art of Lean,…
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Who Cares? How to Engage Your People in Sustained Lean
If we want people to adopt lean practices because they will then be able to be more effective at work,…
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I am the Violin, or, Mastery through Doing
Developing lean vision, lean mastery, is hard work says Orry Fiume, who compare this learning journey to a childhood prodigy…
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CRIISSP: The Lean Route to a Superior Stock Market Valuation
Long-term lean thinker and investment guru Cliff Ransom shares a seven-letter acronym, CRIISSP, to help identify the key (and most…
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How Can Lean Affect Shareholder Value?
Lean can help challenge assumptions and surface opinions that ultimately improve shareholder value, argues Michael Balle.
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Fundamentals Redux–An Appreciation of Kaizen Express
Kaizen Express is the expression of an approach to kaizen that is at once a return to basics while at…
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Why We Believe Micromanagement is Worth A Deeper Conversation
The Lean Sensei Women explore how poorly-focused micromanagement destroys trust--while well-placed micromanagement supports Lean fundamentals and delivers exceptional results.
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Avoiding Lean ‘Flatlining’: A Podcast with Mark Deluzio, Art Byrne, and Jim Womack
Mark Deluzio, lean consultant, practitioner, and author of Flatlined, discusses enduring challenges with Art Byrne and Jim Womack on this…
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Making Lean Stick: A Podcast Conversation with Mark Deluzio, Art Byrne, and Jim Womack
The long-term success of companies like Danaher, Fortive, Herman Miller, Parker Hannifin and many others, have all validated the power…
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Why Lean Is the Strategy We Need For Today’s World
In a recent Lean Post article, Peter Ward noted that “lean is not a strategy per se but can be…
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Creating a Learning and Improvement Environment in a Virtual World
Mount Sinai Health System Shares its Approach to Adapting Quickly to New Realities.
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