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Get to the Heart of A3 Management

Managing to LearnConstructed as a dialogue between a manager and his boss, Managing to Learn, a Shingo Research Award winner, explains how "A3 thinking" helps managers and executives identify, frame, and then act on problems and challenges.

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Lean Healthcare Leaders Convene for Summit

The Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, June 6-7, Minneapolis, is right around the corner. Now's the time to reserve a spot at this limited-attendance conference where innovators will report on pioneering experiments to change how we deliver and pay for healthcare.

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NEW! Two Day Solving the Right Problems the Right Way Workshop offered exclusively at our office in Cambridge, MA


Bring your business problems with you and work on them in class as you learn to apply lean thinking to the problem solving process.

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Improvement/Coaching Kata New! Improvement Kata
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The Improvement & Coaching Kata site is a community laboratory for deliberate practice, where we align to master the fine points of coaching continuous improvement.

Contributors from the kata community will regularly bring you observations and thoughts on the topic of the Improvement Kata and the Coaching Kata.

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Making the future: How robots and people team up to manufacture things in new ways »


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John Shook
Lean practice applies to all work, everyone, every day, all day.
John Shook As often happens, I was introduced at a company event recently as an "expert." I've never been fond of the term. Lean thinkers prefer to focus on gathering experience, learning from it, and applying it to the problem at hand.
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Gemba Coach
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?
Michael Ballé Dear Gemba Coach,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?
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A3 Dojo
What is Your Line of Sight?
Coach Tracey Richardson explains why having a line of sight aligns you with the organizations purpose, and helps you determine how to define your own line of sight. 
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What I Learned from Taiichi Ohno
In this free download of chapter two from The Birth of Lean, a Japanese executive mentored by Taiichi Ohno recalls lessons learned – especially the importance of motivating people through inspirational leadership.
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Bring Lean Learning In-House

Most of our 30+ workshops can be taught at your facility by our faculty of lean management professionals, who have years of experience implementing what they teach. Call 617-871-2900 for more information about tailoring on-site workshops to your specific needs.

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Jim Womack Answers Your Questons

LEI Founder Jim Womack discusses daily management activities versus gemba walks along with other audience questions in this Q & A follow-up to our webinar "Sustaining Lean Goals by Taking a (Gemba) Walk."

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