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The Deceptively Simple A3 Problem-solving Method – March 2017 Newsletter

Apr 12, 2017 | News, Uncategorized

Some time ago I worked with a few medium-sized manufacturers on their strategic A3s about implementing a Lean Management System (LMS). Having heard about value, waste and flow most of them thought “doing lean” was a no-brainer. After all, that’s why they were there:...

Ten years of learning from our mistakes – February 2017 Newsletter

Feb 28, 2017 | News, Uncategorized

Our one big, ongoing mistake since we set up the Lean Institute Africa (LIA) ten years ago: we did not make enough mistakes. So, we started making LIA mistakes ten years ago. I’ll get back to that but first want to reflect a bit on what else happened in 2007. Here are...

Lessons from Lean Collaboration – January 2017 Newsletter

Jan 26, 2017 | News, Uncategorized

The mission of the Lean Institute Africa is “Building the community of lean practitioners through action research and knowledge sharing, to help organisations serve their customers better”. In pursuit of that mission I recently had the pleasure of facilitating the...

Exploring the softer side of lean – September 2016 Newsletter

Aug 31, 2016 | News, Uncategorized

Have you come to this page from our email newsletter? Click here to continue reading where the email ended. “Lean conversational skills”: have you ever heard the expression? What might it mean? What it means, for me, is a form of dialogue characterized by: • discovery...

How LIA is Creating Value for its Customers – August 2016 Newsletter

Jul 21, 2016 | News, Uncategorized

Have you come to this page from our email newsletter? Click here to continue reading where the email ended. One often reads that Lean Management is about eliminating waste. While it is true that identifying and eliminating, or reducing, waste is usually a quick win...

Human Resources and the Lean Transformation – July 2016 Newsletter

Jun 27, 2016 | News, Uncategorized

How to develop lean thinkers? How to develop lean practitioners? How to develop the next generation so that it reflects the full diversity of our world? How to build humble confidence in that generation’s practice of lean? And is this the job of the HR Department, or...
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