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Links
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. Here is a recent list of Lean-related Research Reports.
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
Fin24 interview: Prof Norman Faull talks about initial successes in the GDoH project
To read more about our service delivery improvement project with Gauteng Department of Health and Thinking People, please see our February 2015 newsletter here. Would you like to join our mailing list?
Gauteng Department of Health project: Encouraging first steps – February 2015 Newsletter
Excited by what I saw going on before me, I took this photograph and the LIA team posted it on our digital media, along with this text: Lean Institute Africa. We are working in partnership with Gauteng Department of Health & Thinking People on a service delivery...
Analysing organisational rhythm: shock advised…charging
Written by Charmaine Cunningham Place two fingers on the inside of your wrist, just the below the thumb, and feel your heartbeat. Every 0.8 seconds your cardiovascular system completes a cycle of complex interactions enabling it to pump 60 – 100 times a minute. The...
LIA Collaborator Blog: Sorting to the point of discomfort
Written by Charmaine Cunningham Have you ever joined a queue not knowing whether you are in the right queue because there is no signage….whilst simultaneously fighting the urge to jump in and sort and simplify the workspace? You see many papers, duplications,...
Two Years in Tanzania and a Whole New Understanding of Purpose
By Mike Grogan, originally published on The Lean Post on the Lean Enterprise Institute website: http://www.lean.org/LeanPost/Posting.cfm?LeanPostId=342#.VLTwuphYcOA.twitter After months of anxiety, my work life had finally come to a climax. I'd arrived at the point of...
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...
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Rose Heathcote: Setting Managers up to Succeed in Healthcare
Newly appointed CEO of the Lean Institute Africa (LIA), Rose Heathcote talks about the significance of applying ‘Lean Thinking’ to improve outcomes aligned with the purpose and strategy of healthcare organisations. Read the full article here.
Natural Born Problem-Solvers or Are We?
Could it be that we are Natural Born Problem-Solvers? Asks Tshepo Thobejane in the June Newsletter. 'We could debate that not all of us have the same ability to problem-solve or we may disagree on the problems that deserve our attention. Empowering employees to become...
Piece of Mind
Would you do me a favour? Would you pause for a moment and consider this question?: What preoccupies you; what thoughts, concerns, hopes and fears drift about and ‘occupy’ your mind? Read more of our April 2018 newsletter
Day Zero and the Waste of Water
Cape Town, the city where the Lean Institute Africa is based, faces the very real probability that it will run out of water due to an unprecedented drought. “Day Zero”, the day when the taps will be turned off - because there will not be enough water supply in the...
Lean Institute Africa gets its first woman CEO
Rose Heathcote has been appointed CEO of the Lean Institute Africa (LIA) as of 1st March 2018. Read the full article, published on Engineering News here.
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