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Ask Art: I Want to Convert My Company to Lean. What Are the First Steps?
The former Wiremold CEO explains the commitment you must make— and the expectations you must set—when you start your continuous-improvement…
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A Video Primer on Improvement and Coaching Kata
A veteran kata instructor offers a brief explanation of two vital problem-solving and innovation-driving practices.
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Addressing the Labor Shortage by Innovating the Work
Learn how a restaurant is working to attract and retain workers by improving the work inside their commissary.
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Organizing for Successful Product and Process Development
This short video shows how one organization brought a large team together to learn what their customers value.
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Building a Learning Organization With Kata
Baptist Memorial Hospital uses kata to build an "army of problem solvers." Here's the "meta-routine" they follow and a few…
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Learning More About a Leader Who Helped Build Toyota’s Culture
An LEI coach tells what it was like to work with the man who helped propagate the Toyota Way.
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Reaching Your Organization’s Full Potential
A visit to Turner Construction's New York Business Unit reveals how its leaders use the A3 process to build their…
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As Your Customer’s Definition of Value Evolves, So Must Yours
If you don’t realize that your customer’s definition of value has expanded to include social responsibility and racial equity, you…
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Ask Art: How Do Improvements to Your Balance Sheet Drive Earnings?
Converting to true lean practice yields significant improvement in financial performance -- and one place to start is by focusing…
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3 Go-To Ways for Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement Anywhere
To reach a state of endless continuous improvement, executives must lead the company in making a critical leap from management-driven…
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Becoming – and Developing — More Effective Leaders
Bill MacPherson, managing director of Mercer Celgar, a division of Mercer International, shares how adopting hoshin kanri helps transform how…
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How Lean Thinking Improves Financial Results While Avoiding Traditional Cost Cutting
In July, Nick Katko and I presented a webinar for LEI called “How to Use Lean Accounting to Help Design…
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