Lean culture

How mental schemas have us jump to solutions

FeaturesMar 24, 2023

FEATURE - Mental schemas help us to process information, but they often lead us to blindly jump to solutions without understanding the problem. Here, the author explains how Lean Thinking mitigates that risk.

Reflecting on our 15-year journey

FeaturesMar 15, 2023

Carlos Frederico Pinto

FEATURE – PL readers will likely be familiar with IOV, the cancer clinic in Brazil that’s become a reference for lean healthcare for countless organizations. Here, Dr Fred looks back at IOV’s 15-year journey.

Creativity unleashed

FeaturesMar 8, 2023

Nicolás Alejandro Rebozov

FEATURE – A lean coach from Argentina reflects on the transformations he has supported across Latin America and on why lean can help unlock the potential of the continent.

Double interview: 365 and Dreamplace

InterviewsFeb 28, 2023

Marco López and Juan Antonio Tena

INTERVIEW – Earlier this month, we attended a Lean Day at Dreamplace Hotels and Resorts in the Canary Islands. We sat down with two lean leaders to discuss the transformations of their businesses.

Why is TPS so smart?

FeaturesJan 27, 2023

Michael Ballé and Alice Mathieu

FEATURE – A real understanding of Lean Thinking can only stem from an exploration of its tacit aspects, not just its most explicit, easy-to-grasp elements.

Breaking the silence

FeaturesJan 24, 2023

Ángela Bayona and Ivonne Paola Patiño

FEATURE – By changing its attitude towards problems and welcoming them as opportunities to learn, this Colombian construction company has turned around its culture.

Visuals all around us

FeaturesJan 17, 2023

Sharon Visser

FEATURE – Visuals are a natural way in which human beings learn and teach. The author discusses why visual thinking is part of our DNA and the implications this has on our lives at work.

Solving problems by developing people

InterviewsJan 13, 2023

The Elecmetal leadership team

INTERVIEW – Top leaders at Chilean company Elecmetal talk to us about how lean has transformed their role in the organization and how capability development is fuelling change.

One-time customer, lifelong customer

FeaturesJan 10, 2023

Michael Ballé

FEATURE – We start the new year with a reminder to put customers first, always. It is they who make our business and keep our lean initiatives true, says the author.

Lean Thinking is personal development

FeaturesDec 6, 2022

Michael Ballé

FEATURE – In this interesting piece, the author explains how lean provided everyone, everywhere with a framework to work their intuition muscle and develop insights.

The collaboration equation

FeaturesNov 29, 2022

Jim Benson

FEATURE – In an excerpt from his new book, the author discusses the importance of building collaboration in your teams and explains why this is the only way to consistently deliver value.

How cultural change has fueled our transformation

InterviewsNov 2, 2022

Eryk Fedyniak

INTERVIEW – This metalworking company based in Poland has leveraged the cultural change brought by Lean Thinking to significantly improve its processes. Ahead of his presentation at the LGC, their lean manager tells us how they did it.

Why few people truly take the lean leap

FeaturesOct 28, 2022

Michael Ballé

FEATURE – To wholeheartedly embrace lean means to accept changes in our hearts and minds. Understanding this means to finally grasp the reason why lean is only truly taken up by few.

Making lean relatable and meaningful

InterviewsOct 25, 2022

Angie Norman

INTERVIEW – General Electric’s Angie Norman talks to our editor about the lean journey of the company’s Finance department and how the area became a driver of GE’s overall transformation.

Truth conquers all

FeaturesOct 14, 2022

Sharon Visser

FEATURE – Can lean relieve some of the pain and fear people experience in this crazy world? It can, says the author, because amid so much noise lean carries one truth.

Advancing learning in a lean organization

FeaturesOct 11, 2022

Dan Prock

FEATURE – Our disposition towards learning changes depending on the amount of things we don’t know. The author explores this topic and the role of the sensei in enabling learning.

Using lean to make our DNA “stable and flexible”

Case studiesOct 7, 2022

The DSV team

CASE STUDY – This transport and logistics company in Colombia has turned to Lean Thinking to become more adaptive and ensure an easier post-acquisition integration of new cultures.

Emotions on the gemba

FeaturesOct 4, 2022

Michael Ballé and Fabian Sampayo

FEATURE – They say lean is all about people, and yet emotions – something we all feel and express daily – are largely absent from the lean discourse. The authors discuss the role they play in a lean transformation.

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Lean culture

How mental schemas have us jump to solutions

Reflecting on our 15-year journey

Creativity unleashed

Double interview: 365 and Dreamplace

Why is TPS so smart?

Breaking the silence

Visuals all around us

Solving problems by developing people

One-time customer, lifelong customer

Lean Thinking is personal development

The collaboration equation

How cultural change has fueled our transformation

Why few people truly take the lean leap

Making lean relatable and meaningful

Truth conquers all

Advancing learning in a lean organization

Using lean to make our DNA “stable and flexible”

Emotions on the gemba