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Do Leaders Follow Through With Providing Proper Support To Team Members?
I want you to imagine for a moment you are a paid member of a professional soccer team. As a member of the team, you know the goal is to win games. The coaching staff also knows the goal is to win games. Now, take a minute and answer these questions: What do you think...
Problem Solving and Lean Training with Craig Johnson
In this episode, Craig Johnson and I discuss the importance of structured problem solving and the power of a robust training program. What You’ll Learn This Episode: Why should organizations adopt a structured problem solving process? Some of Craig's favorite problem...
Are Team Members Given Clear Priorities, Expectations, and Support?
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...
Lean Construction with Kevin Gausch
In this episode of The Lean Solutions Podcast, Kevin Gausch and I discuss lean applied in different industries. Specifically, the construction industry. His knowledge and stories help explain how lean can be applied outside manufacturing when practitioners truly...
Do You Focus On The Process And Not On Blaming People?
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 often, blame can be placed on the...
Developing a Lean Culture – Lean Leadership Week
In this episode, I am playing a recording of my speaking event last week at Lean Leadership Week for Lean Frontiers. Lean Leadership Week is an annual gathering of those seeking to learn, implement, and sustain successful lean transformations in order to address some...
Are You Updating Your Standard Work As Improvements Are Made?
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,...
Fake Lean with Bob Emiliani
In this episode I was able to have Bob Emiliani back for a second time to discuss many topics to include his views on 'Fake Lean.' What You’ll Learn This Episode: What is Fake Lean? Findings of an Ongoing Root Cause Analysis on Lean Transformation Failures Research...
Do You Have Standard Work Displayed Visually?
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 (improvement)."...
Core Pillars to an Op Ex Journey with Paul Deane
In this episode, Paul Deane and I discuss his three core pillars to an operational excellence journey. What You’ll Learn This Episode: Three Core Pillars of an operational excellence journey. The biggest drivers for an organization to adopt Lean. The biggest...