“Lean Won’t Work Here… We’re Different!” Is That Really True?

I’m sure anybody who has done any work with Lean has heard these words said in one form or another, often prefaced with a “You don’t understand…” We’re different. Diff’rent (it’s fun to spell that way, like the old show I grew up with, Diff’rent Strokes). The theme song: “What might be right for you, might not be right for some…” True, what’s right for Toyota or some other hospital might not be perfectly right … Continue reading “Lean Won’t Work Here… We’re Different!” Is That Really True?