21 Questions to Help You Apply the Principles of Lean Management
February 20, 2019We’ve written before about how the Lean management approach is prevalent in almost every industry. That’s because its twin pillars of...
How Digital Idea Boards Accelerate Innovation
October 16, 2018We’ve written before about the reasons that traditional suggestion boxes rarely result in lasting positive change. The biggest problem is...
How to Have Better Team Huddles
September 25, 2018We recently had a chat with a potential client in a healthcare organization that has been doing daily team huddles for years. She has been...
Best Practices for Standard Work Documentation
July 5, 2018In his book, Standardized Work with TWI: Eliminating Human Errors in Production and Service Processes, Bartosz Misiurek writes, “Standard...
Is it Time to Rethink Your Daily Huddle Board?
April 23, 2018Daily huddle meetings accompanied by the visual management tool of a huddle board are a favorite improvement management technique in...
9 Answers to the Most Common Questions About Gemba Walks
January 12, 2018Maybe it is because it is a brand-new year, or perhaps it is the cold weather, but lately, we’ve been getting a lot of questions about the ...
The 2017 The Lean Management System Blog Roundup
December 29, 2017As 2017 comes quickly to a close, we took a minute to look back over some of the blogs we’ve posted on one of our favorite topics, the Lean...
Top 10 Reasons to Invest in Lean Software in 2017
January 26, 2017One of the many things we love about this time of year is the opportunity to reflect back on what we’ve accomplished (or survived) over the...
3 Ways to Get More Out of Your Huddle Boards and Meetings
January 26, 2017Huddle boards, along with quick daily huddle meetings are popular continuous improvement techniques. They are particularly prevalent in...