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Any Color You Want Except Tuxedo Black
Henry Ford could get the customer any type of Model T as long as it was black. But the Ford…
Read article Teaching a ‘Lean Startup’ Strategy
A new MBA elective course at Harvard, called Launching Technology Ventures, uses a lot of concepts from the "lean startup" methodology, which…
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The Gemba Walk, from the 2011 Lean Transformation Summit
Jim Womack, LEI founder and author, talks about his experience with Gemba Walks and his book Gemba Walks.
Watch video Lean Continuous Improvement as Culture
Author David Verble shares three fundamental ways that a lean culture bases its practice of continuous improvement on the principle…
Read article Lean Thinking is Horizontal Thinking
In the first of a two-part interview, Jim Womack, founder and senior advisor of LEI, talks with LeanBlog podcaster Mark…
Read article A Turbulent Industry Looks to Lean for Smoother Flying
Lean Thinkers in aviation try to take some of the turbulence out of an industry that often hits bumps on…
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Podcast #116 – Jim Womack, His New Book “Gemba Walks”
Jim Womack, LEI founder and saenior advisor, sat down wit Mark Graban at the Lean Blog for a 2-part interview,…
Listen to podcast Let’s Take a Gemba Walk
I have good news for those of you who missed last week's Transformation Summit in Dallas. One highlight was the…
Read article Problem Solving For Lean Continuous Improvement
What does real lean problem-solving look like? In this column, David Verble shares his experience at Toyota, revealing how the…
Read article Why is Flow Easy, and Quality Hard?
Dear Gemba Coach: My lean team has become proficient at teaching flow but it's not gaining traction when it comes…
Read article Want A Problem Solving Culture? Try Leading From the Middle
I spent fifteen years working with Toyota in North American and Japan, and discovered first-hand one of the most powerful…
Read article Are You Pulling?
Dear Gemba Coach: We’ve made a substantial effort in training all our operators to standardized work (SW) by deploying Training Within…
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