FEATURE – Lean was built through experiments. So why do so many of us answer what others are trying with a shrug and a “that isn’t real lean”? The author argues the habit is starving the movement.
FEATURE - Are Toyota’s MIFA and Value Stream Mapping really different? This article explores their shared origins, challenges misconceptions, and explains why effective mapping starts with problems.
BOOK EXCERPT - Learn about Naoto Kitagawa's 17 principles for chief engineers, as described in his recently-published book. Following this brief excerpt, Josh Shook and Jim Morgan provide useful commentary around some of the principles.
FEATURE – Drawing on lean's history, the author explains why organizations adopt AI more slowly than it advances, and what it really takes to close the gap.
FEATURE – TPS points us to what needs improving — customer value, quality, flow, people, stability — and kaizen supplies the how, through learning-by-doing. Together, they create adaptiveness, says the author, as he describes Lean as a learning system.
FEATURE - Almost nothing his senpai taught him was written down, says the author — and that, he argues, is the knowledge most organizations are quietly losing.
