Are you Lean enough to have A3 thinking

I was looking for a primer on A3 to include in my blog and found this IW Best Plants Conference: Developing People with A3 Thinking: In this session at the 2009 IW Best Plants Conference, Jamie Flinchbaugh, Founder and Partner, Lean Learning Center provides a basic primer on A3, outlining its use as a method to structure, capture, communicate and coach. In this clip, Flinchbaugh draws a picture to illustrate the background of A3.

This is a video excerpt, to see the full video, please go to http://www.industryweek.com/videos/a3-Thinking-flinchbaugh-Best-Plants-2009.aspx

Industry Week’s description of the video:

A3 thinking” has become popular within the lean community, but not necessarily for all the right reasons. A3 Reports are simply a waste-free way for report writing and communication, but the basic building blocks of the A3 report provide a nice template for good thinking. In this session, Jamie Flinchbaugh provides a basic primer on A3, outlining its use as a method to structure, capture, communicate and coach. He discusses each of its components in greater depth, beginning with how to develop the problem statement and continuing through to verification and action. Learn tips and tricks to make the A3 a more effective learning tool in their own continuous improvement efforts.

Another resource was the podcast Problem Solving really the Core of Lean Implementation that I had earlier this year this year with Tracey Richardson.