Tag: Liker

People often say Lean is pretty simple (or that it's just "common sense"). Yeah, some of the concepts are simple... but sometimes deceptively so....

tl;dr: In this post, Mark explores Toyota's principle of "Respect for People" within the context of Lean methodologies. He delves into how this principle...

My whole career, I have worked with the Lean methodology (aka the Toyota Production System). I've just really never done much with Six Sigma....

It's sometimes said (and I believe this to be true) that "100% inspection isn't 100% effective" (it seems like Dr. W. Edwards Deming might...

On Friday, there was yet another Wall Street Journal article about Lean (fixating as they always do on the "Just In Time" component). The...

Episode #115 is a discussion with Eric Ries (@ericries), entrepreneur and author of the book The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically...

Thanks to Mike Wall, the host of the "Radio Lean" online program for interviewing me on Lean Healthcare. You can find streaming audio here or...

This might seem like a random topic, but what the heck, it's a Friday. I arrived in Orlando yesterday for the  Society for Health...

Episode #111 brings us some time with Professor Jeffrey Liker from the University of Michigan, the well-known author of many books in the The...

There are lots of places online where people can ask questions about Lean, such as the LEI forums and numerous LinkedIn groups. I saw...

For those of you who have had difficulty accessing LeanBlog.org for the past two weeks or so, I apologize. It's been frustrating to me...

You heard enough from me yesterday... today I want to share some other voices with you and their thoughts on Lean. First, familiar voices...