Where do you start with Lean? I decided to start with Management expert James P. Womack, Ph.D., the founder and senior advisor to the Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc., a nonprofit research, education, publishing, and conference company that he began in August, 1997, to advance lean thinking around the world. The intellectual basis for the Cambridge, Read More …
Lean Tools and Culture as it Relates to Zen: There is always a big debate on tools and the thinking processes of lean. When you talk about a system, one of the first things that I think of is the tools that are used in the system. I use the tools to make sense out Read More …
Statistics though, in my mind, lend themselves to the theory of music without the soul, scales and modes without feeling said my podcast guest, John Lawrence Woodall. He also furnished me the following quote: Architecture can be said to be frozen music. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Our podcast, Can Studying Music help your Lean Read More …
The basic description of the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) Model: The Deming Cycle or The Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) model is a proven framework for implementing continuous quality improvement. It originated in the 1920s with Walter A. Shewhart. These four steps provide the framework for continuous improvement. The PDCA cycle basically starts with a plan and ends with an Read More …
Leader Standard Work is becoming more commonplace and the standard for the development of a Lean Culture. It is extremely adaptable and found both in trade and professional services. It excels in experienced based professions but it may struggle in what I would call knowledge-based services. The problem is there are more knowledge-based jobs being Read More …
From Tina Seelig’s book inGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity: Below is the fully functional Innovation Engine, showing how all the parts are braided together. The inside of the engine is intertwined with the outside; and the factors on the inside and outside mirror each other. All the parts of your Innovation Engine are Read More …