TL;DR: Boeing’s 737 MAX failures weren’t caused by frontline workers–they were the predictable result of leadership choices that prioritized schedule over safety and ignored core Lean principles. Lean failed at Boeing because executives waved it off, not because the ideas…
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After the last episode that had the first guest host (Chris Burnham), I’m once again joined by Jamie Flinchbaugh for another “Lean Whiskey” podcast. In Episode 4 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh (and a cameo from his…
by Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean In the month of April I’ll be presenting two topics at different conferences. I thought I would share these with you. The Lean Product and Process Development Exchange will be held…
A friend of mine, Kurt Woolley at Intel, has written an article for Industry Week that is quite popular. I thought I would share it here. It’s title is: The Key to a Successful Lean Journey? Leadership! Kurt talks about…
IndustryWeek : When Not To Go Lean Here’s another concept of Lean As Misguidedly Executed. I could nitpick the title of the IW piece, from page 51 of the May 2007 issue, for being misleading. For a publication that promotes…
Here’s an Industry Week webcast that promotes: Six Sigma, Lean, or Kaizen? Using the Right Tool for the Right Problem I hope they will also cover the cultural and management aspects of lean. Lean isn’t just a “tool”, it’s really…
