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Why we won’t do 100 kaizens for you
Every day at the Lean Learning Center is an adventure. We approach our work with clients with an extreme bias towards flexibility. We do have standard work for activities, but how we might engage a...
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We’re always thinking about value
“Sponsor our program and reach 100s of prospective clients” – I hear it all the time. We at the Lean Learning Center get calls and emails and mailers to sponsor conferences, programs, special reports,...
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How to read a book in an hour
For those of you who have taken our Lean Experience, you know we have a very structured multi-step process to kick things off in which approximately 40 people read books, distill them to key points,...
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4 ways our value stream training may be different than yours
Value stream mapping training is almost like six sigma training these days – a dime a dozen. There is so much content out there, and so much of it is the same. At the Lean Learning Center, we’ve always...
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Matt Wrye’s Reflections from the Lean Experience
At the moment, I am teaching a Lean Experience at our Center for a group of mixed companies that include retail, transportation, micro-brews, and more. Recently, we delivered a private session at the...
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20 years of consulting: Andy Carlino
Tonight I presented my partner at the Lean Learning Center, Andy Carlino, with the following gift. This year marks some milestones. One is that the Lean Learning Center has been open for 10 years. The...
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Doing More with Less
This article originally appeared in Lean Progress, the quarterly newsletter of the Lean Learning Center available to subscribers. I also started this thought with a brief video blog in November....
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What is a Lean Leader?
Today we began our Leading Lean course, which is one of my favorites. A lean expert who can’t engage other people stands alone. It takes leadership skills to turn a lean expert into a lean change...
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How do you sustain tools such as a 5S, standard work, and more? Andy Carlino and Jamie Flinchbaugh discuss some key points to consider. [viddler id-6f5e1fa5 h-370 w-437] The post Auditing Lean Tools...
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Measurement Misnomers, and Toyota Dealership Problems
On our LinkedIn Group we get many good discussions and questions. We had one from Roger Cook that I thought was worth repeating and expanding upon. Here is the question: I’m curious if any of you have...
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