Lean Thinking is All About Discipline
Lean thinking requires discipline and an adherence to principles and processes. We discuss the structures needed to achieve significant change via Lean.
Creating and Identifying Lean Superheroes
Turning our people into Lean Superheroes (and identifying them) requires asking a few questions and an investment of time / resources writes Paul Dunlop.
Hoshin Kanri: Linking the Top to the Bottom
Paul Dunlop explains how Hoshin Kanri, supported by adjacent Lean processes, facilitates effective strategy planning, deployment and execution.
Lean Innovation: Hybrid Digital Kamishibai Boards
These hybrid digital kamishibai boards are a great example of how organisations can blend traditional Lean tools with digital solutions for great synergy.
Standards – The Bedrock of Improvement and Operational Excellence
Implementing standards doesn’t mean eliminating ownership of tasks from staff. We discuss how a foundation of standards strengthens improvement efforts.
Rewarding Employees and Understanding Motivation
Rewarding employees effectively isn’t a science, nor is it straightforward. But, by better understanding motivation we can better reward our teams.
The Control Chart: Mapping Process Behaviour
The control chart (or process behaviour chart) is one of several visual tools typically applied to quality control analysis. We discuss how to use it.
Unlocking Employee Potential
Maximising employee potential is at the core of Lean yet often overlooked. We discuss how to get the most from this crucial resource.
Scaling and Sustaining an Excellence program
NCI Packaging was buckling under the volume of improvement projects until they adopted an online platform for sustaining an Excellence program at scale.
Lean and Operational Excellence books
The best Lean and Operational Excellence books explore culture, teams and systems thinking. Here’s the 3 books that have excited us the most so far in 2019.
