Learn how to grow your businesses using Lean Thinking In 2013, the Lean Enterprise Academy UK introduced me to lean thinking, after the Halfway Group in South Africa acquired the Toyota dealership I...
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Lean Leadership
How Lean can Improve Car Retail
2023 marks 25 years of lean car retail research. This article reflects on some key learnings and the challenges...
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Seven Mistakes with Lean Transformations
It doesn’t matter where you are on your lean journey. If you are not conscious of the potential failure modes when applying Lean Thinking and Practice you will struggle to avoid them. All of us can...
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The “Check” stage in PDCA
An intrinsic part of lean thinking and practice is the scientific method – Plan, Do, Check, Act. At this time of year, our attention turns to “C” – the “Check” stage in PDCA. Reflection...
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The Lean Transformation Framework
In January 2014, John Shook shared the Lean Transformation Framework. This is the framework we have been developing to guide transformations with our partner companies, large and small, across a wide...
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