As we emerge from the recession and look ahead old ways of thinking and action will not be enough to meet two big challenges ahead. The first challenge is the growing impact of the web in opening up...
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Year: 2009
Learning to Work Together
On our trip to Japan to launch The Machine that Changed the World in 1990, the Chairman of Toyota, Dr Soichiro Toyoda, told me “The only competitors we really fear are the Germans, if they ever...
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The Lean Manager Launch
Where can you experience what it feels like to be a lean manager and where can you learn about the personal and organisational changes involved in leading a lean transformation? Listening to the...
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Lean Summit 2009 – Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit
Eight Key Questions Introduction The result of three years’ action research the book Making Hospitals Work, will be launched at the Summit. It follows a top management team as they use the...
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Doing the Wrong Things
I used to think that physical assets — product designs, facilities and equipment, IT systems, supply chains and distribution channels — are the biggest constraints to progress with Lean. But not...
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