I asked Gwendolyn D. Galsworth, Ph.D. that question in a past podcast and received a rather in-depth answer. Considered by many a leading visual expert, Dr. Galsworth is the author of a number of books on organizational improvement and workplace visuality, including Visual Workplace/Visual Thinking, recipient of the Shingo Prize for Research. The rest of Read More …
My discussion with Mike Bremer,President of The Cumberland Group focused on understanding what really drives and sustains improvement. Mike had some great perspectives and I have included just one of them below. The entire transcript and podcast is available at The Improvement Trap. Joe: Well, you started out with something that I just thoroughly believe Read More …
Jim Huntzinger has been an advocate of Training within Industry (TWI) for many years. His most recent effort has been the development of a learning website centered on introducing TWI to the masses. I encourage you to take a peek at http://www.whatistwi.com/. Jim Huntzinger has researched at length the evolution of manufacturing in the United Read More …
I am a big advocate of standard work, though I might have a different take on it which you can view in this post, Holacracy, Zappos and Standard Work. I always like to get other viewpoint on the subject and in a past podcast with one of my favorite Lean people, Drew Locher, I had Read More …
An excerpt from my interview of Ross Maynard. Ross has worked as a coach and consultant with a wide range of British and European organizations for over 20 years. Entire Transcription and Podcast: Managing Value Streams in Lean Accounting Joe: I think it makes so much sense of building the organization from the value you Read More …
Standard Work is a big part of Lean. But there seems to be a lot of confusion about that in services. Can Standard Work still be a part for the creative type and for services? I asked Debashis “Deb” Sarka, one of world’s leading lights in the space of Service Lean. Related Podcast and Transcription: Read More …