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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.

Back together, learning

InterviewsJan 31, 2023

Dave Brunt

INTERVIEW – In April, the Lean Enterprise Academy in the UK is hosting its first in-person summit since before the pandemic. We caught up with their CEO to hear about the event.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Our friend “Ayethree”

FeaturesJul 19, 2022

Sharon Visser

FEATURE – Using her distinctive narrative style, the author breaks down the A3 process to help you understand how it works and how you can tap into its potential.

Local experience for a global endeavor

FeaturesJun 28, 2022

Inge Otten

FEATURE – A former ops manager now tasked for improvement across IKEA looks back at what she learned in one of the company’s stores and explains how she hopes to take lean to the whole group.

Yes, you can teach lean in engineering schools

Case studiesMay 24, 2022

Catherine Chabiron

NOTES FROM THE GEMBA – The author visits a private engineering school to learn about their approach to teach Lean Thinking and apply it to their own work.

Learning to say “No” on the way to “Yes”

FeaturesMay 19, 2022

Matt Zayko and Eric Ethington

SERIES – The authors discuss the third of six elements in their process development model – Converge – using experiments to test key aspects of different ideas, while objectively working towards a single design concept slated for refinement and implementation.

Lean learning, reinvented

InterviewsMay 3, 2022

David Marriott, Dave Brunt and Sarah Gregory

INTERVIEW – From hospitals to start-ups, lean principles have been applied far beyond their origins at Toyota. This article discusses how lean can be applied to learning – specifically, how we can apply lean learning to learning lean.

The value of software

FeaturesFeb 24, 2022

Michael Ballé, Céleste Dhellemmes and Woody Rousseau

FEATURE – The authors explain why putting value at the heart of customer discussions is key to developing a successful, resilient tech firm.

Back from the brink

FeaturesFeb 14, 2022

Roberto Priolo

ROUNDUP – Our editor looks back at the best articles explaining how Lean Thinking can help in a crisis and bring an organization back from the brink of disaster.

How to shorten product development lead-time

FeaturesFeb 10, 2022

Nestor Gavilan

FEATURE – Reflecting on the transformations he has supported, the author provides a few recommendations on how to get products to market faster.

Lean and the 5th industrial revolution

FeaturesFeb 7, 2022

Andrew Quibell

FEATURE – The author shares a few lessons learned on his company’s journey to Industry/Quality 4.0, the foundation to 5.0 Artificial Intelligence.

Control or cooperate?

FeaturesJan 27, 2022

Michael Ballé, Cyril Gras and Daniel Jones

FEATURE – Lean Thinking is about voluntary participation, not audits that are meant to ensure compliance. The authors explore the advantages of pursuing cooperation rather than control.

Lean around the clock

FeaturesNov 25, 2021

John Shook

FEATURE – With one of the biggest lean events of the year just four days away, John Shook tells you why you should participate and what you can expect.

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