Lean Thoughts

Everyone does it all of the time. When you arrive at work without even knowing it you are mentally conducting a "Situation Appraisal"

Undercover Boss makes for good television. Imagine if you incorporated this methodology within your business operations, it would be the ultimate Continuous Improvement idea generator.

Team had purchased a container of Green Sofas from Asia. This was a direct assault on our core competency,

In this article, I share 5 5 Toyota principles that turn businesses around like clockwork and how to apply them to your business.

Forecasts should always be considered incorrect, even though a stopped clock will be correct twice per day.

Maybe they fear if they train the team they will leave, but worse is if you don't train them and they stay !

business process improvement (BPI) strategy is one such opportunity to improve the way your business works and expedite desired outcomes.

Anyone running a business today knows how difficult it is to attract and retain their people.

I appreciate your concern as a KPI it should also be acting as a contingent trigger for action.

there are in effect two ways to run a company: Founder Mode and Manager Mode

Here are the six key Lean strategies that can transform your operations:

“Low visibility” for many leaders and disorientation can easily occur as you find yourself constantly adapting to changing conditions.

No clear understanding of all intra-relationships

Behavioral design is not about using psychology to manipulate people. It’s about using psychology to help people achieve their goals.

There is a statistically significant relationship between the elements of innovation and competitive advantage in businesses.

Problems, Problems, Problems, we all have them. Morning Market help you organize them for successful resolution.

Relationships and Trust are huge factors to both success and survival.

When doing a transformation in an existing organization a leader has had a mind blowing experience after visiting a well organized plant.

Best time on the floor is 30 minutes before shift end and first 30 minutes at start, when you typically hear nothing.

wandering through the grocery store? Do you pause, stare and wonder will they ever sell all of this produce before it spoils?