How to Improve Team Culture & Enhance Active Engagement
December 5, 2022The Deloitte University Press Global Human Capital Trends report has the most helpful definition of culture and engagement that we've seen....
What is Lean Project Management? Principles & Benefits
September 29, 2022Lean project management is the application of Lean manufacturing principles to the discipline of project management. While most of the...
Policy Deployment: Examples, Techniques, and Tools
March 26, 2026Moving an organization toward its long-term strategic objectives while maintaining and improving day-to-day operations requires thoughtful...
How is the Lean Methodology Practiced in Healthcare?
April 3, 2026Lean is most closely associated with manufacturing, but the Toyota Production System drew on ideas from many sources -- Deming's work on...
The Manager's Guide to Productive Kaizen Training
September 20, 2022Kaizen is a way of thinking that embraces the ideas of seeking perfection and engaging in continuous improvement. Organizations prosper...
12 Areas for Professional Improvement in the Workplace
September 15, 2022We spend a lot of time on this blog talking about structures and methods for improving business processes, setting operational goals, and...
Quick Guide: Process Thinking in Operations Management
April 18, 2024James Womack and Dan Jones are the founders of the Lean Enterprise Institute and the Lean Enterprise Academy (UK), respectively. Their...
Driving Progress: Continuous Improvement Project Management Essentials
June 5, 2023Organizations that wish to achieve operational excellence through continuous improvement execute many discrete projects to achieve this...
Raising Lean Thinkers in a Lean House
July 15, 2022Karidja Sakanogo joined us on our Continuous Improvement webinar series to share the core values and dimensions of Lean management that can...

