by Patrick Adams | Oct 7, 2022 | Articles, Lean Leadership, Learning
While serving in the United States Marines Corps, I was taught a very important lesson: We needed to be prepared to go anywhere. At anytime. And the only way this was going to be possible, was to be an agile force. A thinking force. Conditions can change quickly on...
by Patrick Adams | Oct 3, 2022 | Articles, Learning
Not many people wake up in the morning and think to themselves, “I want to make some mistakes today.” There also aren’t many people who come to work and say, “I’ll sabotage the work today…I’ll cause some real problems.” Yet too...
by Patrick Adams | Sep 24, 2022 | Articles, Culture & Engagement
Ultimately, standard work is the foundation for continuous improvement because it provides a basis for evaluation. There is no way to know whether an improvement is truly an improvement if we don’t have a standard to compare it against. As Taiichi Ohno once said,...
by Patrick Adams | Sep 16, 2022 | Articles, Learning, Problem Solving
Standardized work is built on established consistencies within work processes, and is the cornerstone of all continuous improvement. Taiichi Ohno, known as the father of the Toyota Production System, said, “Without standards, there can be no kaizen...
by Patrick Adams | Sep 9, 2022 | Articles, Lean Leadership
How do you sustain something positive in your life? Many times, people will tweak a recipe for years to find that perfect family “best”. Imagine making changes and tweaks throughout the years to sometimes create a winner…and sometimes…create something a...
