Tag: Womack

Eric Ries On The Lean Startup Methodology And How To Build...

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Episode #115 is a discussion with Eric Ries (@ericries), entrepreneur and author of the book The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically...

No, not THAT “Lean” or THAT John Shook…

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If you search the web or Twitter for common terms like Lean or thought leaders like John Shook or James P. Womack, you might...

Guest Post – Lean Myth: Lean is Stressful for Workers

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Mark's Note: Today's post is by David Veech, the Executive Director of the Institute for Lean Systems. A fear or anxiety that people often...

The One Where John Seddon Inaccurately Criticizes Jim Womack & Dan...

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When I read John Seddon's book Freedom from Command & Control: Rethinking Management for Lean Service, I was a fan. I thought, "Here is...

Reader Question: Asset Optimizers and Point Optimizers

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It's time for another in my Reader Questions series, this question comes from Brian via email. If you have a question or topic that...

Who Coined the Term “Lean”? And Where is He Today?

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People often ask "So where did the term 'lean' come from?" It didn't come from Toyota. And the term isn't an acronym (so no...

John Shook to Replace Jim Womack as CEO of Lean Enterprise...

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By now, you may have read the news release and/or e-letter (scroll way down) from the Lean Enterprise Institute that announces founder and chairman...

Jim Womack: “Tipping Point” for Lean Healthcare?

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I'm still catching up on things I wanted to blog about related to our Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit that we held June 9 and...

Guest Post: You Don’t Have to be Lean to be Good

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Mark's note: Today's post is from a regular guest blogger and a friend of mine, Dan Markovitz - his regular blog can be found...

Notes from Dr. Brent James Teaching at the Shingo Prize Conference...

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At last week's Shingo Prize conference, I was very excited to meet Dr. Stephen Covey (my podcast is here), but I was just as...

Read this Book – But Don’t Copy ThedaCare

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Due out in June is a book that I think will be an important one for the Lean Healthcare movement. That book is about...

NPR on the “End of the Line” at NUMMI and My...

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Here's some Saturday morning listening... a story from yesterday's "All Things Considered" on the "End of the Line" at the NUMMI plant (the GM...