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A Learning Partnership to Support A New Era in American Manufacturing

As policymakers and business leaders work to rebuild and reimagine a struggling U.S. economy, GE is not only at the center of the conversation about…

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“Lean Production” Turns 25

Author and management expert James Womack talks with The Leaning Edge about the state of lean management and what’s new in his latest book, the…

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Follow-up Q & A to the Webinar "Big Company Disease: What is it? and Why Should I Care?”

The following questions represent the most-asked ones that we couldn't get to during the webinar “Big Company Disease” with presenter Pascal Dennis.

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Creating the Conditions for Effective Lean Learning

If lean is problem-solving and problem-solving is all about learning, lean practitioners must develop a learner's attitude in everything they do. Here are five conditions…

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How Lean Start-ups Can Avoid Big Company Disease

SATPOS, a lean start-up in Norway specializing in positioning, sensing and monitoring solutions for the ocean is learning to remain agile by observing the effects…

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How Lean Thinking and Practice Helped Put Shots in Arms, Part 1: Building the Process

Does lean thinking work during a crisis? An in-depth review of its contribution to the design and management of Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center's…

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Ukrainian Resilience: How Lean is Helping Companies Cope with War, Part 1

A real-time discussion with the Lean Institute Ukraine President shows how leveraging lean thinking and practices help companies adapt to unexpected — even unimaginable —…

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Podcast

Sustaining Strategy Deployment: Lessons from 16 Years of Practice at GlobalFoundries

In this podcast episode, LEI chats with Otto Funke and Jospeh Tamayo on how to build and sustain a strategic planning process.

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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.…

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Lexicon Term

Strategy Deployment

A management process that aligns—both vertically and horizontally —an organization’s functions and activities with its strategic objectives. A specific plan—typically annual—is developed with precise goals,…

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Event

Improvement Kata/Coaching Kata

Develop Scientific Thinking, a Foundation of Lean Management in the 21st Century.

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Coach-Led Online Course

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Lean Fundamentals Bundle

This online course serves as an introduction to the key concepts, philosophies, and tools associated with lean thinking and practice.

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The Digital Storm and the End of Old You with CI&T

A virtual lean learning experience featuring CI&T.

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