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Sharing how the world is making things better through lean thinking and practice.
Executive Leadership
Understanding the Many Facets of ‘the A3’
A review of the many ways lean practitioners refer to this core lean practice reveals its versatility — and why it plays an essential role in cultivating an organization’s lean thinking and culture.
Article by Patricia Panchak
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Operations IS Your Customer
Discover how redefining operations as the primary customer of engineering can transform product development, enhance collaboration, and drive unprecedented improvements in quality and efficiency.
Article by Steve Shoemaker
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Executive Leadership
Video by Jackie Gerhart, MD, Christopher Longhurst, MD, MS, John Toussaint and Lucas Zier, MD, MS
Teaching Lean Thinking to Kids: A Conversation with Alan Goodman
Podcast by Alan Goodman and Matthew Savas
Coaching
Podcast by Alli Kulp, Matthew Savas and Emily Swaney
Listen to podcastExecutive Leadership
Video by Jackie Gerhart, MD, Christopher Longhurst, MD, MS, John Toussaint and Lucas Zier, MD, MS
Operations
What is the Theory of Constraints, and How Does it Compare to Lean Thinking?
Article by Sergio Rattner
