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See links to various online resources to learn more about Lean Thinking and Practice both locally and globally.
We are constantly learning so please let us know if you find any other sites you think should be added.
Research
Most research conducted by the Lean Institute Africa is done in association with MBA students of the UCT Graduate School of Business. To access free copies of MBA research reports, please contact GSB.
Books
The Lean Institute Africa is the local, authorised distributor of the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) in the USA and as such, distributes books, DVDs and training materials on their behalf.
Newsletters, Articles and Webinars
LIA Collaborator Blog: Addressing South Africa’s health system dilemmas, one entrepreneur at a time
Lean Institute Africa Collaborator Blog: Charmaine Cunningham A successful economy is dependent on a population that is healthy enough to work. The health system in South Africa is responsible for supporting and promoting health, whilst treating and preventing...
Denise Bennett reflects on Lean Summit Africa 2014
ISHARE - Lean Summit South Africa 2014 Written by Denise Bennett, Lean Programme Manager at City of Melbourne, Keynote speaker at Lean Summit Africa 2014. First published in the Lean Global Network October 2014 newsletter. Unfortunately I missed the annual LGN meeting...
LIA Collaborator Blog: Lessons learnt on an oil rig….how to improve healthcare
Lean Institute Africa Collaborator Blog: Charmaine Cunningham I’m regularly asked whether my experience working on an oil rig triggered my interest in improvement and system strengthening. The answer is: ‘Absolutely,’ and this is how: I was on an offshore site, where...
Stopping the Line: A Visit to Abidjan, Ivory Coast November 2014 Newsletter
Stopping the Line: A Visit to Abidjan, Ivory Coast I recently visited Abidjan in the Ivory Coast to speak at the first Lean Global Network-sanctioned event in that part of the African continent, and to run some Introduction to Lean workshops. I had a number of...
Seeing normal from abnormal – October 2014 Newsletter
Seeing normal from abnormal ‘Lean is a management system for seeing normal from abnormal right now and responding right now.’ This is part of my core conception of lean. So you will understand my particular pleasure (and surprise) on receiving my name tag at the...
Vaccines, mosquito nets and lean – is there a common thread? September 2014 newsletter
Vaccines, mosquito nets and lean – is there a common thread? The vaccine against measles does not discriminate. It works reliably irrespective of your race, religion, geographic location and economic status. Wikipedia tells me that prior to the development of the...
Lean Summit Africa 2014: event overview and lessons learnt
The event: Lean Institute Africa held their 7th Summit, themed ‘Relentless Leadership’, from the 17th – 19th September 2014 at the Vineyard Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa. Our target number of delegates was to have 200 people attending and, at the eleventh hour – in...
Making a city great – Denise Bennett
CASE STUDY - How does lean contribute to making Melbourne one of the world’s most liveable cities year after year? Words: Denise Bennett, Lean Program Manager, City of Melbourne With its cosmopolitan lifestyle, plentiful parks and gardens, well-designed streets and...
Can we design enjoyable work?
RESEARCH – Offering us a glimpse into how the human mind works and into Toyota’s approach to people engagement, this article tells us how to create a better working environment for our employees.
Lean Lessons from China
The CEO of the Lean Institute Africa, Dr Anton Grütter, undertakes an annual journey to China to teach on the Shanghai University MBA programme as a visiting professor. This year he was also invited to speak at the Lean Enterprise China Summit 2014 in Shanghai in June this year. He has returned with some fascinating insights into the Chinese drive to develop their people and their economy.
He says “while I have only experienced a small slice of Chinese working life, it has made me aware of the enormous strides that the country has made in recent years. I think there may well be some important lessons for South Africa.”
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Does Lean Make Cents?
Lean Management offers a truly exceptional approach to leading the organisation to places it’s never been before. With Purpose clarified, you: focus to the needs of the customer with earnest, bring them more value with less effort, grow seasoned problem-solvers who...
Lessons from my Lean Lifestyle Challenge
In the newsletter I wrote for Lean Institute Africa in 2015 I reflected on the growth in my understanding of lean as a result of attending the Lean Global Network meeting that year. I interviewed some of the delegates at this meeting and asked what they understood...
Constancy of Purpose in Turbulent Times
Executing your 2018 Plan with Confidence, Consistency and Cadence We are so close to the end of the year and many of us are already dreaming up all the ways in which we will spend our much-awaited holiday time. Whether for work or personal reasons, this is a great...
What did you learn in Japan?
What did you learn in Japan?’ you may ask me, following my week there with the Lean Global Network (LGN) tenth anniversary ‘return-to-the-source (Toyota)’ trip in September. “How much time have you got? I might reply. There was a lot! Here are just some snippets. TNGA...
The “Hard-Core Toyota Guys”
The lean transformation journey is the road less travelled. This is partly because it is not the easiest journey to undertake, but also because so many organisations lose their way, some even at the outset of their journey. There are however some organisations that...
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