Over the last 25 years, Dan Jones has asked me to go and look at how lean thinking can be applied to a whole host of organisational situations. Lean fundamentals can be applied at the frontier, in a...
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Management System
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 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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Example of learning to use the A3 Practical Problem Solving Method
Example of learning to use the A3 Practical Problem Solving Method. LEA has an ongoing partnership with a great charity called the Canal & River Trust. (Learn more about them by clicking on their...
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Lean Performance Management System Case
Introduction In my recent blog post “What is a Lean Management System?” we discussed the need for two key management systems in a lean organisation: One for Performance and one for Improvement....
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