Buy-in, Do-in, Stay-in
In our work with organisations and people embarking on the Lean Transformation Journey we often…
lean26 July 2019
Kaizen in Africa – A trip to Tunisia
“It is impossible to overestimate the importance of 5S,” he said. “Really?” I asked myself.…
lean18 July 2019
Leratong Hospital: Reflecting on our lean healthcare journey
The CEO of a hospital in Johannesburg looks back to the last five years to…
lean27 June 2019
A crazy little thing called change
COLUMN – In her first column, the author reflects on the role of leadership in…
lean6 June 2019
Why we believe a strong customer focus is needed to drive a Lean strategy
Is there any principle more core to the heart of lean than relentlessly focusing on…
lean6 June 2019
Is Lean an outcome…or what you do?
For a while I have been thinking about the possible impact of using the name…
lean13 May 2019
Magical Thinking
Try telling a friend you have come across some ‘magical thinking’? What reaction might you…
lean2 April 2019
Whimsical Reflections Lean Summit Africa 2018
Some say that insight comes when we remember something valuable after forgetting what we were…
lean25 February 2019
The Story that Graphs (don’t) Tell
A recurring bone of contention between different schools of thought about performance measurement in the…
lean30 January 2019
Why We Believe People-Free Plants and Services Prevent Learning
Rose Heathcote, Lean Institute Africa CEO, contributed to this piece by the 'Lean Sensei Women'…
lean9 January 2019
