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How Do You Spread a Lean Transformation from One Site to Many?
Dear Gemba Coach: My CEO has asked me to spread lean to 30 other sites. How should I go about…
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KATA AT HOME
Start 'em Early! Create Scientific Thinkers. The Improvement Kata & Coaching Kata's practice routines for scientific thinking can be applied…
Watch video Make the Shift: From “Churn and Burn” to Learn
Already practicing PDCA? Not so familiar with it? "If you’re not squarely in the PDCA camp, please accept this invitation…
Read article Everyday Kaizen
"With the right teaching and guidance, a good process, and a target of one kaizen activity per day, team leaders…
Read article What Strategy Is and What It’s Not
"In my career, I was always more interested in what it would take to create and sustain competitive advantage than…
Read article In IT, can we do virtual gemba walks?
Dear Gemba Coach: I am part of an IT creation and support organization. How do you do a gemba walk,…
Read article Rich Sheridan on How to Succeed by Building a Strong Learning Culture
Rich Sheridan, CEO of the software company Menlo Innovations, talks with LEI's Chet Marchwinski about Menlo's unique learning culture, taking…
Read article Gather the Facts: How Does Your Organization View Lean?
It’s worth asking, what's your organization's REAL, honest perception of Lean? Do you hear words and phrases like engagement, problem…
Read article Maximizing People Systems in a Lean Transformation
Don't make the mistake of overlooking the important role that human resources plays in a lean transformation. Learn how to…
Read article Three Lean Healthcare Success Stories From Across the Globe
Read a summary of 3 lean healthcare stories from the Lean Global Network, including reflections on what seems to make…
Read article Effective Supervision 101
One of the biggest challenges for lean thinkers is translating lean thinking into lean doing, writes Stan Shaw. One of…
Read article Kata Konfusion
Author and LEI faculty member Drew Locher explains why it is important when using the kata improvement methodology to not…
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