Comments on: Who is your Lean Rock star? http://business901.com/blog1/who-is-your-lean-rock-star/ Using Lean, Service Design, Agile and Design Thinking, Six Sigma to optimize the Customer Experience Wed, 02 May 2012 11:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The differences in LEan and Agile : Process Equipment http://business901.com/blog1/who-is-your-lean-rock-star/#comment-2523 The differences in LEan and Agile : Process Equipment Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:14:12 +0000 http://business901.com/blog1/who-is-your-lean-rock-star/#comment-2523 [...] Lean stayed married to Toyota for so long because I thought what I’ve always called "American Lean" had a lot of value to it. It really has developed as a different animal in the software [...] [...] Lean stayed married to Toyota for so long because I thought what I’ve always called "American Lean" had a lot of value to it. It really has developed as a different animal in the software [...]

]]> By: Can you Master Continuous Improvement? :: Business901 http://business901.com/blog1/who-is-your-lean-rock-star/#comment-2425 Can you Master Continuous Improvement? :: Business901 Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:34:37 +0000 http://business901.com/blog1/who-is-your-lean-rock-star/#comment-2425 [...] Posts: Has Technology Killed Time? Who is your Lean Rock star? Marketing your Black Belt Categories : Lean Six Sigma, Marketing [...] [...] Posts: Has Technology Killed Time? Who is your Lean Rock star? Marketing your Black Belt Categories : Lean Six Sigma, Marketing [...]

]]> By: The differences in Lean and Agile :: Business901 http://business901.com/blog1/who-is-your-lean-rock-star/#comment-2341 The differences in Lean and Agile :: Business901 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:56:40 +0000 http://business901.com/blog1/who-is-your-lean-rock-star/#comment-2341 [...] Lean stayed married to Toyota for so long because I thought what I’ve always called “American Lean” had a lot of value to it. It really has developed as a different animal in the software [...] [...] Lean stayed married to Toyota for so long because I thought what I’ve always called “American Lean” had a lot of value to it. It really has developed as a different animal in the software [...]

]]> By: Joseph T. Dager http://business901.com/blog1/who-is-your-lean-rock-star/#comment-2088 Joseph T. Dager Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:42:31 +0000 http://business901.com/blog1/who-is-your-lean-rock-star/#comment-2088 Thanks Mark, <br>I always wondered why we did not have a Lean American Company in the forefront. In fact, still wondering.<br><br>P.S. I know Michael is French but I like him and decided to use my artistic licensing, I am a marketing guy. Thanks Mark,
I always wondered why we did not have a Lean American Company in the forefront. In fact, still wondering.

P.S. I know Michael is French but I like him and decided to use my artistic licensing, I am a marketing guy.

]]> By: Mark Graban http://business901.com/blog1/who-is-your-lean-rock-star/#comment-2085 Mark Graban Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:47:31 +0000 http://business901.com/blog1/who-is-your-lean-rock-star/#comment-2085 You are dead on correct about:<br><br>- We need to quit just copying Toyota (Jim Womack makes this point well: <a href="http://www.lean.org/common/display/?o=1385" rel="nofollow">http://www.lean.org/common/display/?o=1385</a>)<br><br>- Lean has many American roots (and Scottish roots). We shouldn't overplay the Japan/Toyota card (as I wrote about here: <a href="http://www.leanblog.org/2010/01/10-lean-things-to-not-say-2010/" rel="nofollow">http://www.leanblog.org/2010/01/10-lean-things-...</a>)<br><br>- There are many new voices emerging (I'm honored to be included in your list... there are many more who could be listed like Jamie Flinchbaugh and Matthew E. May)<br><br>- Michael Balle' is actually French! But a good guy ;-)<br><br>- I wish Danaher would take more of a public leadership role in terms of talking about the power of Lean... as used very successfully by an American company. But they stay below the radar mostly.<br><br>Thanks for the post. You are dead on correct about:

- We need to quit just copying Toyota (Jim Womack makes this point well: http://www.lean.org/common/display/?o=1385)

- Lean has many American roots (and Scottish roots). We shouldn't overplay the Japan/Toyota card (as I wrote about here: http://www.leanblog.org/2010/01/10-lean-things-…)

- There are many new voices emerging (I'm honored to be included in your list… there are many more who could be listed like Jamie Flinchbaugh and Matthew E. May)

- Michael Balle' is actually French! But a good guy ;-)

- I wish Danaher would take more of a public leadership role in terms of talking about the power of Lean… as used very successfully by an American company. But they stay below the radar mostly.

Thanks for the post.

]]> By: Kelley Dodd http://business901.com/blog1/who-is-your-lean-rock-star/#comment-2079 Kelley Dodd Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:57:28 +0000 http://business901.com/blog1/who-is-your-lean-rock-star/#comment-2079 I have to say Robert Martichenko, author of Lean Six Sigma Logistics and the lean primer Everything I Know About Lean I Learned in First Grade. :) I have to say Robert Martichenko, author of Lean Six Sigma Logistics and the lean primer Everything I Know About Lean I Learned in First Grade. :)

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