Lean Management

Got to the Gemba with a Plan and Purpose 0
- Lean Management
- January 11, 2023
You can’t make the right decisions from the meeting room. You have to go, watch, and learn. In Lean, we talk about “going to the Gemba” or Gemba Walks. The Gemba means the “place where value is created”. The idea is simple; if you want to improve your business, you need to learn more about
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Management by Wandering Around is Not a Thing 0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- January 9, 2023
Recently I was reviewing a management book by AMA that described many management practices to improve your ability. There was one that struck me as a bit outdated, Management by Wandering Around, also management by walking around (MBWA). In the early 1980’s, management gurus Tom Peters and Robert Waterman used the term ‘management by walking
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Too Many Initiatives, Too Much Overload 0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- October 17, 2022
Having too many initiatives is a common problem in our workplaces. Leaders pile “critical” work onto everybody’s to-do list and stress levels increase. Cracks start to appear in the fabric of our teams as the pressure mounts. When there are too many priorities on which to realistically focus our effort, the feeling of progress we
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7 Pitfalls to Avoid When Selection the Right Metrics 0
- Lean Management
- August 15, 2022
Choosing the right metrics is critical to success, but the road to good metrics is fraught with pitfalls. As your endeavors to become more metrics-driven, beware of errors in the design and use of metrics. Here I compile the most common mistakes that teams are committing when using metrics, so you’ll know what not to
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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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