Quitting Before Leaving: Causes of Decreased Employee Engagement
February 16, 2017As a leader, you are probably interested in organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs), even if you aren’t familiar with the term. These...
Want a Successful Kaizen Software Deployment? Here are the Keys.
July 30, 2015As much as we’d like to believe that every organization that invests in Kaizen software is able to successfully implement and fully adopt...
4 Must-Haves for Cultivating Cross Functional Collaboration
October 11, 2023I go to the farmer’s market every weekend. I'm always in awe of the beauty and variety of the harvest the farmers produce. The fresh fruits...
An Interview with Mark Graban on the Role of Lean in Healthcare
July 30, 2015We like to help you stay in the know about what's up in the Lean Healthcare world, which can often mean letting you know what our Mark...
How to Avoid 4 Common Catchball Errors
July 28, 2015Of the four most popular professional sports in America, baseball is unique in many ways. In the others (basketball, football and hockey),...
Continuous Improvement Lessons Learned at Array Architects [Video]
July 28, 2015Jonathan M. Bykowski, AIA, is the Principal and Practice Area Leader, Continuous Improvement for one of our customers, Array Architects....
Pay People to Quit, and Other Employee Engagement Ideas from Zappos
August 11, 2015You’ve probably heard of Zappos, the online shoe retailer based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. Well, I call them a shoe retailer, but they would...
Lean Coffee: A Radically Effective Approach for Discussion
February 11, 2020We’ve probably all gone to conferences that have the same, relatively stale format. Most often, a series of speakers gets up on stage for...
The Difference between a Gemba Walk and Management by Walking Around
July 21, 2016When we talk to clients about the value of Gemba Walks, we often hear, “Oh yeah, we do that. We just call it Management by Walking Around.”...