A selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers
from the month of June 2022.  You can also view the previous monthly Lean
Roundups here. 

Three
Most Important Metrics in a Continuous Improvement Culture – John Knotts
shares 3 very simple measures that many organizations fail to collect, or if
they do, they collect it at the wrong level.

Top
5 Trends to Track in the Future of Work – Katie Anderson shares what she
believes are the top 5 trends to track for the future of work.

Eliminate
Posters, Slogans, Exhortations – Christopher Chapman reviews Dr. Deming’s
advice against the use of posters, slogans, exhortations as a tool for managing
the improvement of quality and productivity.

Strategy
is Not About Doing What’s “Important” – Pascal Dennis explains that
strategy is about leader’s deciding and testing the plan.

Where to Start
Your Kaizen? – Christopher Roser digs deeper into the possibilities and
challenges of picking improvement projects, with a particular focus on systems
that have multiple independent production lines.

5 ways to improve
your connection with the gemba – Flávio Battaglia discusses the practices
that can help us make the most of the traditional mantra “go see, ask why, and
show respect”.

Post-pandemic
hansei – Jim Womack reflects on how lean organizations have performed
during the pandemic and addresses age-old misunderstandings about Just-in-Time.

Kaizen:
An Exotic Word, Common Sense Principles for Healthcare – Mark Graban shares
an article originally published 10 years ago regarding kaizen in healthcare and
what has changed since he wrote the article.

Proven
Lean Strategies for Optimal Business Performance – Maggie Millard shares a
set of lean strategies that when used together provide even more value to
optimize resource utilization, reduce waste, and delight customers.

Ask
Art: How Do You Motivate Managers to Adopt Lean? – Art Byrne shares some
tried-and-true strategies that leaders can deploy to encourage everyone at
every level to adopt new approaches to their work.

Toyota:
differentiation and vitality – Flavio Picchi shares a few examples of lean
system foundations that seem to be perennial.