tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5167539222502940808.post4628414022853543633..comments2024-03-29T05:07:19.409-04:00Comments on A Lean Journey: Lean Is About More than the MythsTim McMahonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780727768370988177noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5167539222502940808.post-38311834756030362602009-11-12T06:17:36.860-05:002009-11-12T06:17:36.860-05:00Thanks for sharing. Always good to see what Steve ...Thanks for sharing. Always good to see what Steve is saying, he's a smart guy. <br /><br />On the points, lean certainly should not equal job cuts. Mark Graban and I talked about that during his podcast #10 (http://www.leanblog.org/2006/11/leanblog-podcast-10-jamie-flinchbaugh_21.html) that waste equals layoffs. A wasteful company has no choice but to lay people off because they have essentially run out of ideas. That of course is what lean should be about. As the labor mouthpiece blog Labor Notes points out, lean isn't always about respect for people. Many organizations implement poorly or worse yet, hide bad things under the guise of lean because it sounds better. Mark Graban and others sound off on this write up here (http://www.leanblog.org/2009/11/leanies-of-world-unite.html). <br /><br />I recently have been talking more about this "doing more with less" and that companies / people are too focused on the "with less" part. They aren't thinking about the more. Steve points this out. I talked about it here (http://jamieflinchbaugh.com/2009/11/doing-more-with-less/).<br /><br />Jamie FlinchbaughJamie Flinchbaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16714555426822621398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5167539222502940808.post-46299693781936284412009-11-11T23:45:30.244-05:002009-11-11T23:45:30.244-05:00Great article Tim. I actually worked with Steve b...Great article Tim. I actually worked with Steve back in a previous life and I think he hit it on the head with the myths! The challenge is that lots of people are drawn to lean because of the "head count reduction" and the "doing more with less" type approach. The myths need to be dispelled emphatically right from the start.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352677735332537384noreply@blogger.com