When is it time for lean "lite"?
by Jamie Flinchbaugh, The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean
Many of the frequent LeanBlog readers will know that I have been a regular guest blogger on LeanBlog.org. I am not in any way ending that relationship as I have enjoyed my collaboration with Mark Graban which is many years old now.
However, to reach a somewhat different audience, I will be sharing some of my stories and advice on Kevin Meyer's Evolving Excellence blog. You will find posts here as well as at Evolving Excellence from me but I will try to keep everyone informed as new content is posted. Here is my first post, When is it time for lean “lite”?
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Jamie Flinchbaugh
Jamie Flinchbaugh is a lean advisor, speaker, and author. In addition to co-founding the Lean Learning Center, he has helped build nearly 20 companies as either a co-founder, board member, advisor, or angel investor. These companies range from high-performance motorcycles to SaaS tools for continuous improvement. He has advised over 300 companies around the world in lean transformation, including Intel, Harley-Davidson, Crayola, BMW, and Amazon. Jamie co-authored the popular book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean, and continues to share his experiences as a Contributing Editor forIndustryWeek and as a blogger at JamieFlinchbaugh.com. He holds degrees from Lehigh University, University of Michigan, and MIT, and continues to teach and mentor on campus. Jamie is best known for helping to transform how we think about lean from a tools-centric model to one based on principles and behaviors. His passion for lean transformation comes from seeking to unlock the great potential that people possess to build inspiring organizations.
Thank you! Thank you! Finally a lean practitioner who says it's OK to be lean "lite". Up until now all that I've ever read is that an organization is 100% lean (ie the culture, the tools, the people, etc.) or it's nothing. There is no "in-between", no lean "lite". Anything less than 100% is meaningless.