I recently had an opportunity to advise an IT department on the team’s overall lean initiative. While no two organizations have the same lean journey, there are common challenges. Visual management ...

I am a lean leader and always willing to share my learnings. I’ve written several blog posts chronicling my lean experience at different organizations. Some of them have been quite popular with ...

When running a business, there is a thought that financials should only apply to the “higher-ups” in a company, while everyone else should execute on the recommended strategy, no questions asked. The ...

Question: Lean manufacturing has come to our office, and we are very excited about the process. However, our manager has begun holding "huddle" meetings every morning that tend to last between 15 and ...

“Alternatives to overcome the challenge of gathering team members at different locations for a huddle may include the use of one or more collaboration tools such as conference phone calls, video ...