Lean Management

Three Most Important Questions in a Continuous Improvement Culture 0
- Lean Management
- July 20, 2022
A few weeks back John Knott’s wrote a post about 3 magical metrics within a continuous improvement culture. He said the three things that you need to measure are: 1) How much work you are doing, 2) How long it takes to do it every time, and 3) How well you do it every time.
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Get Aligned With OARRs 0
- Lean Management, Lean Office
- May 23, 2022
Effective meetings require careful planning and management. Preparing for a meeting involves more than reserving a room, setting up a few chairs and plugging in the coffee. Thinking through the basics of the meeting will help cement a successful effort when the simple acronym O.A.R.R.’s is employed. O. Desired Outcomes: If a meeting is needed
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10 Things I Learned from Lean Thinking 0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- February 7, 2022
My Lean thinking has gradually evolved since my journey began in 2000. I have a real passion for learning and sharing my journey with others. I like to reflect deeply on key learnings to improve my understanding. Here are some of the lessons I learned: 1. Practice makes permanent. – Tomo Sugiyama Practice makes perfect.
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Using the Gemba Walk to Learn and Engage 0
- Lean Management
- August 16, 2021
While there are many things that affect employee engagement, getting leadership to the place where work is done, the Gemba, and actively engaging with the workforce, seeing with their own eyes the problems that occur, listening to associates and giving advice and direction (coaching) to the team is a critical factor in increasing overall engagement.
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7 Tell-Tale Signs of Leadership Mismanagement 0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- July 21, 2021
Business managers are constantly asked to assess if employees are performing to expectations. If employees are not, managers must take steps to remedy the situation. But what happens if lousy management is to blame for underperformance? There are obvious signs that a company is on the wrong management track, such as declining sales and revenue,
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10 Qualities of Successful Lean Leaders 0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- April 12, 2021
There is often a missing link in many Lean organizations – which is, the set of leadership structures and behaviors that constitute a lean management system. People frequently equate ‘Lean’ with the tools used to standardize processes and generate efficiencies; and organizations tend to focus more on the implementation of these tools. However, implementing tools
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