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Leveraging Strategy Deployment to Effectively Respond to the Unexpected

How Hoshin Kanri Builds Organizational Resilience.

by Laura Mottola, Edgar Pape and Mark Reich

Article

How the A3 Process Developed to Help Build Better Managers, Part Two

In this second of two articles, Isao Yoshino and John Shook explore how A3 emerged as powerful practice at Toyota for developing better managers.

by John Shook

Article

Hoshin at LEI: Connecting More Closely with Our Customer

Whether you’re deploying hoshin in a small nonprofit or a huge organization, the struggles are the same," writes LEI Senior Coach Mark Reich. "How do…

by Mark Reich

Article

Hoshin vs. Chaos

In the latest edition of The Management Brief, Jim Womack reflects on the Toyota hoshin process he observed in 2018 and how it has led them…

by Lean Enterprise Institute and James (Jim) Womack, PhD

Book

Getting the Right Things Done

For companies to be competitive, leaders must engage people at all levels in order to focus their energy and enable them to apply lean principles…

by Pascal Dennis

Article

Our hoshin plan failed. What do we do now?

Dear Gemba Coach: How do we deal with hoshin kanri when things don’t work out as planned?

by Michael Ballé

Article

Managing on Purpose Excerpt

Get a first look at Managing on Purpose, Mark Reich’s upcoming workbook on hoshin kanri. Learn how to develop strategy, align teams, and grow leaders.

Article

Just-in-Time Roundup: Great Lean Reads from Across the Web (Vol. 3)

LEI editors have gathered another five articles that either teach us something new about lean practice or show us where lean thinking is being applied…

by Lean Leaper

Article

LEI Survey Reveals Management Structures and Outcomes

Explore key insights from our recent survey, including how organizations are applying lean practices, the prevalence of management systems, and the impact on strategic execution.…

by Lean Enterprise Institute

Book

Lean Management Program Set

This set includes: Managing to Learn reveals the thinking underlying the A3 management process found at the heart of lean management and leadership. A3 Getting…

Video

How the A3 Came to Be Toyota’s Go-To Management Process for Knowledge Work (intro by John Shook)

A3 thinking is synonymous with Toyota. Yet many often wonder how exactly this happened. Even if we know A3 thinking was created at Toyota, how…

by Isao Yoshino

Article

What I've Learned About Planning and Execution

By the time I founded the Lean Enterprise Institute in mid-1997, I had been thinking for years about how organizations prioritize and plan. And I…

by James (Jim) Womack, PhD

Article

Once More: What is Strategy Deployment, and Why Should You Care?

Strategy deployment helps keep lean practitioners focused on the prize—creating value for the customer, says Pascal Dennis in the foreword to his Getting the Right…

by Pascal Dennis

Podcast

Problem-Solving Primer 

In this edition of The Management Brief, LEI’s Josh Howell, Mark Reich, and Art Smalley explore how the four types of problem-solving connect to daily…

by Josh Howell, Mark Reich and Art Smalley

Article

The Management Brief Bonus Edition | Two Lean Luminaries and Two Processes for Lean Transformation 

In this special dual-release of The Design Brief and The Management Brief, Josh Howell is joined by LEI veterans Jim Morgan and Mark Reich to…

by Josh Howell, James Morgan, PhD and Mark Reich

Article

It Starts Within: The Lean Journey of CI&T

The lean transformation of Brazilian tech company CI&T was unique in that it began with an implementation of hoshin kanri. In this interview from the…

by Cesar Gon and Bruno Guicardi

Article

Lean Transformation: A Long and Winding Road

In the latest edition of The Management Brief, discover how turning points shaped a years-long lean transformation at Turner Construction. Learn practical strategies to navigate the…

by Josh Howell

Article

Isao Yoshino Reflects on 40 Years at Toyota

In this edition of The Management Brief, Mark Reich sits down with Isao Yoshino, a 40-year veteran of Toyota and a driving force behind the…

by Mark Reich and Isao Yoshino

Article

Make Broccoli (Or Lean) Taste Better Through Experiments

"Whether it’s eating healthy, saving for retirement, or pursuing Lean, we are all biased towards maximizing the here and now as opposed to working towards…

by Brent Wahba

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Executive Leadership

Discover a leadership approach that will help you tap into and focus the talents of every individual in your organization toward achieving a strategic vision.…