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Supporting our growth with Lean Thinking

FeaturesFeb 18, 2021

NOTES FROM THE GEMBA – The author visits the office of Theodo France and learns how the lean digital company is leveraging lean thinking and practice to support its ongoing growth – even through the pandemic.

Bringing strategy into your digital transformation

FeaturesJan 25, 2021

Philippe Guenet and Nigel Thurlow

FEATURE – In many organizations, strategy is often lacking from the digital transformation agenda. The authors provide insights into how value chains and Wardley Maps can assist.

The lean developer

FeaturesDec 14, 2020

Ben Ellerby

FEATURE – How can digital companies develop a competitive edge in the "tech first" future? By using Lean Thinking to ensure continuous learning and transform the way coders think and work.

An obeya to build and industrialize our IT delivery

FeaturesOct 29, 2020

Thomas Deligny

FEATURE – In this article we learn how the creation of an Obeya helped an international insurance company boost collaboration among functions and accelerate the delivery of an important IT project.

A lean view on… the media

InterviewsSep 28, 2020

Michael Ballé

INTERVIEW – If we truly believe lean can change society, then we should use it as a lens through which to look into different aspects of our lives – even when those associations are hard to make. This month, we discuss the world of media.

Why lean marketing is the future

FeaturesJul 23, 2020

Alessandro Martemucci

FEATURE – No organization can expect to survive without a sound marketing strategy. The author outlines the main elements and advantages of a lean marketing approach.

Quality first means more sales

Case studiesJun 25, 2020

JB Limare

CASE STUDY – This insurtech venture has found in Lean Thinking a way to tackle its many scaling issues. It’s grown from two to fifty-five people in less than four years, ultimately thanks to a strong focus on quality.

Lean thinking for more resilient supply chains

FeaturesMay 4, 2020

Alvair Silveira Torres Jr.

FEATURE – The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed all the shortcomings of our current supply chains. Lean Thinking can make them more agile, aligned and adaptive.

Leveraging lean learnings to face the crisis

FeaturesApr 8, 2020

Catherine Chabiron

NOTES FROM THE (VIRTUAL) GEMBA – This week, the author chats with an innovative insurance company as it relies on its lean learnings to ensure business continuity and switch to remote working during the Covid-19 crisis.

Slashing onboarding time for new developers

FeaturesSep 30, 2019

Clément Hannicq

BUILDING BRIDGES – Using kaizen, a team at Theodo was able to reduce the time necessary to install a project on a new developer’s computer from three weeks to twelve minutes.

Three key business challenges lean can tackle

FeaturesMay 7, 2019

Tomasz Koch and Remigiusz Horbal

FEATURE – Ahead of the annual lean conference of LEI Polska, the authors reflect on a recent survey they ran with their clients on the key business challenges they face.

Ferreting out lean improvements at a web company

FeaturesNov 20, 2018

Catherine Chabiron

NOTES FROM THE GEMBA – The author visits a comparison website that is gradually integrating agile and lean thinking in its processes, identifying new and exciting improvement opportunities.

With digital, lean finally reaches CEOs

InterviewsNov 6, 2018

Cesar Gon

INTERVIEW – At last month’s Lean Digital Summit in Lisbon, César Gon told attendees how, with lean digital, we have an opportunity to finally get the attention of CEOs and business leaders.

Developing customer loyalty in the digital age

FeaturesOct 11, 2018

Sandrine Olivencia

FEATURE - To get on a path of sustainable growth, an organization must get to know its customers... and there is no better way of doing so than embracing and analyzing their complaints.

A story of lead-time in digital

FeaturesSep 7, 2018

Benjamin Grandfond

BUILDING BRIDGES – In another article for their series, lean digital company Theodo tells us about their efforts to measure and reduce its lead-time to deliver product features.

Bringing agility to Toyota

InterviewsAug 22, 2018

Nigel Thurlow

INTERVIEW – The Chief of Agile at Toyota Connected tells us about the agility journey of Toyota and explains why the divide between lean thinking and Agile has no reason to exist.

Doubling the number of performant Apps using kaizen

FeaturesAug 8, 2018

Nicolas Goutay

BUILDING BRIDGES – A member of the Theodo team tells us about their attempts to improve the performance of their Web apps using lean principles.

Unearthing problems by reducing work-in-progress

FeaturesJul 11, 2018

Pierre-Henri Cumenge

BUILDING BRIDGES - This month, we hear how addressing work-in-progress led a startup specialized in AI to productivity gains on their machine learning projects.

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