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The Evolution of Kanban
November 24, 2016The idea of Kanban refers to the visual management of inventory and work in progress. It was widely used by Toyota and many people think of...
Are the Steps for Sustaining Improvement the Same for Everyone?
October 11, 2023The Harvard Business Review published an article called "4 Steps to Sustaining Improvement in Health Care" last week that walks through...
What Standard Work is NOT
November 14, 2016Standard Work establishes the best, safest, and most efficient sequences and methods for each process and each task that's being done in a...
KaiNexus User Conference Wrap-Up
November 11, 2016During this year’s KaiNexus User Conference, we brought together some of the best and brightest continuous improvement professionals...
One Off the Wall Way to Make Your Huddle Boards Better
November 10, 2016Huddle boards are great. They serve as a powerful visual management tool and bring people together around improvement efforts. People feel...
The Lean Leadership Essentials
April 18, 2018The Lean paradigm is not just a set of tools and techniques for structured improvement. It is also a state of mind that brings increasing...
Can Hippo Leadership Please Be the Next Trend in Business Management?
November 7, 2016Many of you read my post last week about a Stanford Business article regarding problems inherent to top-down teams and how to solve them....
Thoughts on 3 Problems with Top-Down Teams in an Improvement Culture
November 3, 2016Our VP of Sales sent me an email this morning regarding a Stanford Business article he found by Luke Stangel entitled “Three Problems with...
Visual Management is Good. Virtual Visual Management is Better.
November 1, 2016Visual management can take a number of forms. I have an example in my own kitchen. I love to cook and that means I use a lot of kosher...
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