Day January 27, 2010

Lean in Sweden: Tools < Thinking

A motivational poster with the title "Motivate and Empower." It lists three points: "They have processes," "There are non value added tasks," and "Employees can make differences in simplifying and improving their processes." An image of a brain and text "Avoid Pretend Lean" are at the bottom. lean blog

I had an incredible visit to a hospital in Stockholm yesterday, to walk the “gemba” (the actual workplace)   to see their lean improvement efforts first hand. I’ll share some details and highlights over time here on the blog. One…

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