The Lean Leadership Reading List
January 26, 2017Maybe it is just me, but I always feel a little caught off guard this time of the year when I walk into Target or the grocery store and see...
Think You Are Credible? Think Again.
August 11, 2016When it comes to gaining traction for a change in an organization, credibility trumps reason. Establishing such credibility demands we are...
XYZ Thinking: Practical View of Scientific Thinking in Healthcare
July 29, 2016The greatest achievements are often accomplished from scientific thinking. Scientific thinking can be applied to any industry, especially...
Gemba Walks: Your Search for 85% of Your Organization's Problems
June 8, 2016Dr. W. Edwards Deming, a towering intellect whose thinking about improvement affected a quality revolution of gargantuan significance on...
Lean Leadership: A Delicate Balancing Act
January 26, 2017We are lucky enough to have the opportunity to chat with people who lead Lean organizations all of the time. One question we like to ask...
What You Need to Know About Catchball [FAQs]
May 18, 2016There are many tools in the continuous improvement toolkit. Everything from Gemba walks to value stream maps help organizations accelerate...
5 Traits of Continuous Improvement Leaders That YOU Need To Develop
April 17, 2019We’ve written extensively about the importance of viewing continuous improvement as everyone’s job, and why a bottom-up approach to...
Why It's So Hard to Change Minds to Spread Improvement
February 11, 2020Frustrated that you can't expand the improvement culture beyond an initial small group?
Having trouble convincing senior leadership to...

