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As CEO, how do I get my management team to support the lean effort?
Dear Gemba Coach: As a CEO, lean has enabled me to renew our company’s profitable growth, so I love it.…
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EP. 6 Fighting Poverty with Lean Product/Process Development at MIT D-Lab
D-Lab at MIT is using LPPD thinking to help solve problems in the developing world, and are truly making the…
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Learning to Teach the Soft Side of Lean
If there’s one common theme among virtually any failed effort, it boils to a failure to engage people in the purpose,…
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Rethinking the Model Line
The model line, once seen as the key to helping organizations learn and share lean thinking, has served a critical…
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Seeing the Work of a Daily Management System
Daily management systems tap visual elements that expose problems, and also use obeyas as thinking spaces for reflecting on broader…
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Lean Management Meets Artificial intelligence, Machine Learning, the Internet of All Things
What part, if any, will lean principles – or humans – play in a manufacturing future of artificial intelligence, machine…
Read article What’s wrong with taking a tools approach to lean management?
Dear Gemba Coach: I keep hearing that a tool approach to lean is wrong, but tools deliver results – how…
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9 Tips for Better Design Reviews
Design reviews can be the heartbeat of a healthy operating system. Here are some tips for creating better design reviews.
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Ask Art: Why Do I Need to Switch From Batch to Flow?
Moving from batch to flow reveals the waste in your processes and simplifies your work at a systems level, says…
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Valuing The Tradition of Learning and Sharing Lean: a new WLEI Podcast
This new WLEI podcast, recorded live at the 2018 summit, features a panel discussion with Jim Womack and three lean…
Watch video Ep. 5: The Lean Farm and Sharing Your Gift Live from the 2018 Lean Transformation Summit
Live from the 2018 Lean Transformation Summit in Nashville, Jim Womack interviews Ben Hartman, author of the Lean Farm, Joel…
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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…
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