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The Role of a Lean Leader 0
- Lean Management
- April 8, 2024
The Role of a Lean Leader: Building a Culture Beyond Tools In many organizations attempting Lean transformations, there is a common—and critical—missing piece: lean leadership development. While Lean is often associated with tools like 5S, Kanban, or value stream mapping, these tools account for only a fraction of what’s needed for sustainable success. Research by
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Insights from GE CEO Larry Culp’s Annual Report 0
- In the News, Leadership, Lean Management
- March 18, 2024
Larry Culp, CEO of GE, their first outside CEO in 125 years has been leading their transformation using a Lean mindset. Many Lean practitioners and business leaders have been following GE’s performance. Recently Larry released the annual report and I really appreciate the lessons I found within. You can read the full report here. 1.
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5 Ways to Accelerate Your Lean Roadmap 0
- Lean in Practice, Lean Management, Lean Thinking
- February 12, 2024
Many organizations have begun the journey to make their businesses lean. Some have reported early successes while others have struggled or fallen into the rut entitled “flavor of the month.” As is usually the case with this kind of organization change, implementation precedes understanding. What follows are missteps, rework, confusion, organizational angst, and the aforementioned
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Tips for Running Effective Daily Management Meeting 0
- Daily Management, Lean Management
- February 7, 2024
Lean organizations make use of Daily Management systems, a structured process to focus employee’s actions to continuously improve their day-to-day work. Daily Management empowers employees to identify potential process concerns, recommend potential solutions, and learn by implementing process changes. Daily Management, if done right, can be a critical tool in any organization’s toolbox to engage
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5 Continuous Improvement Ideas to Try Out 0
- Lean Management, Sharing Best Practices
- February 5, 2024
Maybe you don’t have buy-in from Executive leadership for a Lean transformation or maybe you do. You know your organization can fall behind the competition if you aren’t actively looking for ways to streamline and improve processes. One way you can combat this is by implementing continuous improvement or Kaizen. If you’re looking for ways
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Got to the Gemba with a Plan and Purpose 0
- Lean Management
- January 11, 2023
You can’t make the right decisions from the meeting room. You have to go, watch, and learn. In Lean, we talk about “going to the Gemba” or Gemba Walks. The Gemba means the “place where value is created”. The idea is simple; if you want to improve your business, you need to learn more about
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