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In your opinion, is lean thinking a common sense way of working or is it counterintuitive? What makes you think that?
Here are all the submissions to the community sound off question: "In your opinion, is lean thinking a common sense…
Read article Why don’t middle managers practice A3 thinking?
Dear Gemba Coach: I’m a lean consultant, and have been hired by a large service organization to develop an A3…
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Lean Design and Construction Project an Extension of Lean Commitment at Akron Children’s Hospital
When the Ambulatory Surgery & Critical Care Tower opens in 2015, it will represent a three-year lean design and construction…
View case study Patients First (Part II)
Writing in the Huffington Post, Karl Ohaus, a co-author of Perfecting Patient Journeys, poses 7 questions to ask at the…
Read article Managing to Connect the Macro with the Micro
LEI Chairman and CEO John Shook explains management PDCA: improving the way we align people with process to achieve purpose,…
Read article Why Are There So Many Points of View About What Lean Is?
Dear Gemba Coach: I’ve been interested in lean for over two years now, and can’t quite understand why after 20…
Read article “A Roadmap to Lean Healthcare Success” Webinar: Follow-up Questions and Answers
The Lean Enterprise Institute's webinar "A Roadmap to Lean Healthcare Success" with John Toussaint, MD, CEO of the ThedaCare Center…
Read article What are the biggest obstacles you are facing in your lean journey?
Company culture, weak management support, lack of lean knowledge – even federal budget sequestration – were among the answers you…
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Lean Management for High-Mix, Low-Volume Operations
LEI faculty member Greg Lane offers some examples of how the application of lean concepts differs in high mix/low volume…
Watch video Why Does Our Recognition Program Just Feel So Bad?
Dear Gemba Coach: My company has put an employee of the month program and other related efforts to reward good…
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Lean Coaching Skills: Tips for “Humble Inquiry”
Lean Enterprise Institute faculty member David Verble compares and contrasts different managerial styles of coaching in this video.
Watch video Operator morale has suffered terribly since we implemented cell manufacturing, and the ideas that kaizens generate have been weak. Would you please share your insights on this situation?
Dear Gemba Coach: Operator morale has suffered terribly since we implemented cell manufacturing, and the ideas that kaizens generate have…
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