Create a “Continuous Improvement Machine”
"Lean is a transformation that builds toward a continuous improvement culture, not just a 'program' that's designed to make tactical gains. Lean can certainly help as a short-term tactical tool,…
How To Get Good Ideas
In the Lean Business Culture, we talk about having ideas for improvement, testing them, and then implementing the ones that work. So, how do we get GOOD ideas? After all,…
People are the Key to Lean
Lean works when leaders cultivate and mobilize the creative power of people. Christians believe that people are created in the "likeness of God." As a result, people have as set…
Seven Benefits from Following Standards
Companies that are serious about the Lean Business Culture standardize everything they can. The most important things to standardize are are the procedures we use to create value for our…
Juicy Quotes going Weekly thru 12/31/24
For the remainder of 2024, I plan to post "juicy quotes" weekly instead of daily. I have several training development projects going, and want to focus on them for the…
Standard Work Drives Learning
"… We distinguish Lean from all other process improvement methodologies by the characteristic of collaborative continual problem-solving i.e. organizational learning. This simply can't happen without standard work." "...individuals can learn…
Will Standards Turn Us Into Robots?
Here’s a question that might come to mind when we consider standardizing work procedures. “Will standards turn us into un-thinking robots?” This is a reasonable concern, and it HAS happened…
Sustainable Competitive Advantage
It's easy to think that standards REDUCE creativity. One of the big surprises in Lean is the exact opposite: when used rightly, standards INCREASE creativity and flexibility. They do so…
Getting to the Next Improvement
"Standard work is the platform upon which the next improvement is built. Without standard work each individual develops their own way of doing things sometimes narrowly and sometimes widely. The…
The Greatest Key to Consistent Performance
"The establishment of standardized processes and procedures is the greatest key to creating consistent performance. It is only when the process is stable that you can begin the creative progression…
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