In January 2014, John Shook shared the Lean Transformation Framework – the framework that we have been developing to guide transformations with our partner companies, large and small,...
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Four Lessons on Lean Healthcare
In the past decade, lean management principles have expanded to the healthcare industry, often with great results: Here I share a few lessons learned Although Lean was born in Toyota in the 1950s and...
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Desert Island Lean: Key Lean Books
At the beginning of a New Year many of us define a list of things we want to accomplish over the next 12 months. Towards the end of 2014 two activities prompted me to think more deeply about what has...
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Design a system for Lean leadership capability
As Lean Leaders, we often question whether we have an environment which encourages Lean leadership capability and behaviours to engage and develop people. Peter Watkins and the team at GKN have been...
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Back to Basics: Problem Solving at Toyota
As Lean practitioners, we all know how to problem solve – don’t we? This is surely basic Lean stuff? Well, the answer may be that we think we do. But often, it isn’t done well and in many...
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