Tag: Books
Leading Lean: PDCA
In my Assembly Magazine monthly column Leading Lean, I chose to address in December one of my favorite topics, PDCA or Plan-Do-Check-Act. This is...
Secrets to Success from Phil Gordon
Recently I was giving a speech and had to follow Phil Gordon, famous poker pro and host of Celebrity Poker Showdown. Needless to say,...
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean ON SALE!
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers is offering a special holiday sale on their best-seller for 2006, The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean: Lessons from the...
Quality of Work, Quality of Service
I've been reading the book Managing The Professional Service Firm by David Maister, which is targeted toward the management of professional firms: consulting,...
Smashing the Clock: Getting Rid of Time Standards
The cover story this week in Business Week is called Smashing the Clock. It is the story of Best Buy's removal of all expectations...
Lean Should be Better Supported by HR
Dr. Monica Tracey of Oakland University's Pawley Institute and I have published another article on our original research on lean and HR. This one...
Driving Organizational Change with Lean Principles: Insights from Jamie Flinchbaugh –...
Here is LeanBlog Podcast #10, again with Jamie Flinchbaugh, Founder of and Partner, co-author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean.
In this Podcast, we respond to...
New book building on TQM: Breakthrough Management
There is a new book on TQM available. I have not bought the book yet but my assumption is that it builds on TQM....
Creating a Culture of Lean Continuous Improvement: A Conversation with David...
LeanBlog Podcast Episode #9 is a discussion with David Mann, the author of the excellent book Creating A Lean Culture: Tools To Sustain Lean...
Leading Lean One Heart at a Time
Another month has rolled by whch means Assembly Magazine has released another excellent issue of their magazine, of which I am very pleased to...
Event Lean versus Genuine Lean
There is a topic that I have found myself talking about more and more lately. Perhaps the reason is that many of my speeches...
You are here! The importance of the current state
First, if you've read The Hitchhiker 's Guide to Lean, you will know that we believe the entire concept of deeply understanding our current...
