The official online magazine
of the Lean Global Network

FEATURE – Learn how Lean Thinking and the establishment of Communities of Practice are transforming automotive reconditioning at Aramis Group.

FEATURE – To accelerate learning and change, don’t copy blindly—observe, adapt, and apply with purpose. That’s how yokoten drives real transformation, argues the author.

FEATURE – Embracing lean is like painting: tools are colors, respect  for people is the brush, and true change blends both with intention.

FEATURE – Lean Thinking remains vital—but must now adapt to disruption with resilience, flexibility, and human-centric systems, says the author.

NOTES FROM THE GEMBA – What’s kaizen for? Improving quality? Generating a flow of ideas? Challenging a method? All of the above, so long as the underlying goal is to make people’s lives easier.

INTERVIEW – A new book on hoshin kanri is out! We sit down with the author to learn about the publication and how it can help organizations.

INTERVIEW – Learn how Lean Thinking helped GE Appliances improve performance, develop people, and build a resilient, customer-focused, and learning-driven organization.

FEATURE – Many lean initiatives fail because managers lack an understanding of how adults learn. The authors discuss why execs need clear strategies that link improvement efforts to human capital development.