Where should an organisation be five years into its lean journey? In my view it’s lean progress should be rewarded with a vision of how the organisation is going to use the new capabilities of...
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Managing Horizontally as well as Vertically
Silos are a symptom of a deeper problem in most organisations. Getting rid of them is not the answer. Traditional management systems organise expert knowledge into vertical functions and departments...
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Reflections on the Progress of Lean
Taking stock after two very busy months in the field, meeting people and talking at events and walking the Gemba through several organisations prompted five common reflections. First...
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Assessing Lean Executives
Lean adds new perspectives to the traditional ways of assessing executive performance, namely Results and People skills, and adds a third process or value stream dimension. These mirror the purpose...
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Lean and Operational Excellence
It is a mistake to think of lean as just one of the many tools in the Operational Excellence portfolio. Operational Excellence is really a catch all label for many different “best...
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