A
selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers from the month of November
2023.  You can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here.  

Understanding
Misunderstandings – Bob Emiliani talks about his life work to advance
progressive leadership and management.

The New
Competencies – Christopher R Chapman discusses management competencies, in
particular those that frequent Deming collaborator Peter Scholtes outlines in
his excellent 1998 book, The Leader’s Handbook.

Systems
Thinking–More than the sum of its’ parts – Andy Carlino shares the benefits
to individuals and organizations of Systems Thinking.

Is
Process Improvement Certification Right For Me? – John Knotts answers the
question about whether it is desirable obtaining a process improvement
certification.

Harmonizing
Organizational Excellence: A Fusion of Agile, Deming, and Toyota Principles
– Steve Kane explores the core elements of these frameworks, so we can distill
a set of simplified guiding principles that encapsulate the essence of
organizational excellence.

What Exactly Is Overburden
(Muri)? – Christopher Roser takes a deeper look at overburden, including
plenty of examples as well as the effects of overburden on your people.

Continuous
Improvement vs Process Improvement: Spelling Out the Important Differences –
Danielle Yoon provides a detailed comparison that clarifies the distinctions continuous
and process improvement.

How
Lean Agile Methodology Can Help You Avoid Waste – Maggie Millard introduces
the Lean Agile methodology for project management and addresses the specific
types of waste the approach targets.

Gemba
vs. Genba — Different Spellings or Different Words and Meanings? – Mark Graban
talks about all things Gemba, Japanese word that means, basically, “the real
place” or “the shopfloor”.

The Sustainability Myth
– Bob Emiliani talks about challenge of sustainability and advocates to commit
to never-ending hard work of learning and practice.