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I recently conducted a free one hour webinar on the subject of kaizen event malpractice, its causes, effects and how to avoid them.

I recently experienced  the pain associated with coaching a team with poor chemistry. It was a kaizen event team, so the pain was finite.

Labor density is not a measurement that is thrown around very often, at least explicitly. Conceptually however, it must be resident somewhere in the lean thinker's headset.

Visual management is typically applied for the purpose of indicating process and system performance so that everyone can tell, at glance, whether the situation is normal or abnormal. Abnormalities should prompt an appropriate response.

Business travel is a drag. One of the painfully few benefits, if you're flying (and waiting), is that you can catch up on some reading.

Leader standard work is a pillar of the lean management system. So, how does one start to develop leader standard work?

Often, people jokingly accuse me of owning stock in 3M. Why? Because I tend to use and coach others to use lots of Post-it® notes.

Point of use storage is an excellent strategy for reducing the waste of motion (and transportation). Sometimes motion is a minor inconvenience. Sometimes motion is a bit more problematic.

For virtually everyone change means hard work, risk, and the need to learn new ways for unproven benefits.

Too often we forget the basics. And we pay dearly for it.