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Operations

Ask Art: Do You Prefer a Handwritten or Computerized Process for Visual Management?

You can — and should — focus on more critical operational questions than how to set up your visual management…

By Art Byrne on May 24, 2023

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Standard Work for Humble Hubris

Coaching

Why Lean Management Requires Humble Hubris

A lean coach reflects on the mindset and related behaviors that are the standardized work of “being the change you…

By Jim Benson on May 23, 2023

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Problem Solving

How Technology and Data Can Enhance Your Company’s Problem-Solving Capability 

In this enhanced presentation, you'll hear how the leaders of Le Chef, a leading commercial bakery, combined the power of…

By Lean Leaper on May 11, 2023

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Executive Leadership

Charting a New Course for US Manufacturing

LEI chats with Miles Arnone and Bonnie Davis about how Re:Build Manufacturing is revitalizing American industry.

By Josh Howell and Matthew Savas on May 9, 2023

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Executive Leadership

What Matters When Giving — or Accepting — the Gift of Lean Thinking and Practice

Some “flavors” of lean are better than others. Here’s a description of one of the best — contrasted with examples…

By Josh Howell on May 3, 2023

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Executive Leadership

How Entrepreneurs Use Lean to Drive Sustainable Growth: A Conversation with Matt May and Pablo Dominguez

LEI chats with authors Matt May and Pablo Dominguez about how startups can scale using lean thinking and practice.

By Tom Ehrenfeld on April 18, 2023

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Product & Process Development

Synchronizing Workflows

LEI's lean product and process development coaches share the fourth of several guiding principles that will help you improve the…

By Lean Leaper on April 14, 2023

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Executive Leadership

What Will Be the New Social Contract for the 21st Century?

The current volatility in tech employment portends a shift from the sector’s earlier people-centered visions — and that’s concerning.

By Jeffrey Liker on April 12, 2023

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Executive Leadership

Why ‘Framing’ is Crucial to Leadership and Encouraging Team Unity

A personal reflection of a company’s response to challenges brought on by Covid explores the fundamental thinking that drives how…

By , Michael Ballé and Nicolas Chartier on April 11, 2023

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Two LEI Learning Group Partner Executives Honored with National Award 

GE Appliances, a Haier company, Pella Corporation, and the nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute celebrate colleagues’ recognition for demonstrating excellence and…

By Patricia Panchak on March 30, 2023

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Executive Leadership

Understanding Lean Thinking and Practice Fundamentals

This overview helps beginner and mid-stage Lean Thinkers gain a more comprehensive understanding of lean thinking and practice — and…

By Lean Leaper on March 28, 2023

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Operations

Understanding the True Value of the TWI Job Instruction Training Method

In this reflection, the author contends the training approach delivers something vastly more significant than merely a faster, more effective…

By Chia-Chun Chung on March 24, 2023

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