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:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
