Improvement or Problem-Solving. Which is Better?
The correct answer is both. Let me explain. Here's a good definition of Lean:"Lean is a people-driven improvement system that can improve any work process." The key is to train…
What Toyota Does…
"At one level, all that Toyota does is simply this: continuous improvement through people." Leading the Lean Enterprise Transformation (2nd Ed.) by George Koenigsaecker (CRC Press, 2013) p. 10
Lean Defined
"What we are really talking about with Lean is a people-driven improvement system that can improve any work process." Leading the Lean Enterprise Transformation (2nd Ed.) by George Koenigsaecker (CRC…
The Most Motivating Way…
"It turns out that the most motivating way in which people can be involved with their workplace is the improvement of their own work processes." Leading the Lean Enterprise Transformation…
Improving Our Work…and Improving My Blog!
(See below for how I plan to improve my blog posts.) What is an "Improvement?" An improvement is a CHANGE that makes our work easier, safer, faster, or better quality.…
The “Deeper Challenge” in Lean
"We have also discovered that, behind all the tools for operational excellence and the different management system needed to support their use, lies a much deeper challenge: to develop the…
Welcoming Problems?!
"A Lean thinker is interested in and in a way even welcomes (if not joyfully) the appearance of interruptions, anomalies, and problems in his or her process as opportunities to…
The Most Motivating Way
"It turns out that the most motivating way in which people can be involved with their workplace is the improvement of their own work processes." Leading the Lean Enterprise Transformation…
The Benefit of Kaizen (Improvement)
"The real benefit of a kaizen effort goes way beyond the performance improvement you (almost) always get. The value lies in the learning for the team (they learn how to…
Is “Old Thinking” the Problem?
"Business authors sometimes suggest that well-established, successful companies decline, while newer companies do well, because the new companies are not encumbered by an earlier, outmoded way of thinking. On the…