A
selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers from the month of December
2025. You can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here.
5
Big Lean Questions with Mark Graban: Purpose, Misconceptions, and the Path
Forward – Mark Graban revisits the 5 meet up questions from last year’s A
Lean Journey post.
The
Unified Approach: Connecting Strategy, Process, and People in Operational
Excellence – Mark Graban says true continuous improvement requires a holistic
approach synchronizing strategy, process, employees, and leadership.
Will
It Make the Boat Go Faster? – Ron Pereira shares a story about rowing and
what actually moves us forward versus what just keeps us busy.
Lean
in Government Is Possible – Alen Ganic shares stories from his time working
across several government departments, using Lean tools to solve real problems
and improve flow to people at a Lean conference in Europe.
Continuous
Means Continuous, not December – Kevin Meyer discusses the arbitrary end of
the year activities and a better way to think about it continuously.
Why
is Year-End Reflection so Difficult? – Pascal Dennis discusses year end
reflection and how we can get better with answering the right questions.
As
Long as the Graph Goes up and to the Right – Christopher R Chapman shares a
managerial tale and ties this to Deming’s management philosophy.
The
Management Brief | The Lean
Transformation Framework throughout 2025
- Josh Howell and Mark Reich use
the five LTF questions as our lens, we revisit some highlights from The
Management Brief in 2025.
The
Design Brief | People First: Are you investing in your human assets? - Larry
Navarre explores why people—not ideas or technology—determine the success of
innovation and how Lean Product and Process Development (LPPD) offers a framework
for developing people.
Forget
the Ping-Pong Table: How to Truly Put People First – James Morgan shares a leader’s
guide to building teams that thrive in Lean product development.
Five
NUMMI Tour Lessons That Still Define Lean Thinking – Mark Graban share 5
lessons that still matter today from his NUMMI factory visit 20 years ago.
Strategy
– What’s Changed & What Hasn’t? – Pascal Dennis says when it comes to
Strategy deployment & execution, what’s changed is AI, and what has no
changed is the messy, human work of alignment, and the centrality of
Leadership.


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