Come on, Joey, you’re a green belt!!
By Mark Graban How many times do we have to say it?? Lean is not just a set of tools. It’s more. Read here. Made this one after watching “Lean is not just tools” get repeated so many times…
Category Lean Memes
Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement memes, originally published at LeanMemes.com from 2012 onward.
Problem Solved, Star Wars Style
By Mark Graban “I don’t want to hear about those problems again.” A few weeks later, you don’t. Success, right? The defects have disappeared. The safety concerns are gone. Employees have stopped complaining. The daily huddle is faster, the…
All I Do is Lean — Google It
By Mark Graban Read more about the false dichotomy of “Lean is for speed, and you need Six Sigma for quality.“ Too often, improvement gets framed as a false choice between speed and quality. You’ll hear things like, “Lean…
Ow, My Implementation!
By Mark Graban – Read about SQDC This meme always makes me wince a little–because it’s funny, but also painfully accurate. It shows someone who knows Lean is supposed to prioritize safety, quality, delivery, and cost–in that order–yet somehow ends…
It Was a Good Problem Solving Day
By Mark Graban This meme made me laugh right away. If you’ve seen Friday, you probably heard the echo instantly–“Bye, Felicia.” But this version flips the punchline into something far more useful: “5 Whys, Felicia.” And that’s where the…
Five Whys Baby?
I appreciate the confidence, but I question the team facilitation skills. By Mark Graban This meme makes me smile, and then it makes me think. The “Yo, I’ll solve it” vibe captures a very common misunderstanding about Lean and…
Celebrity Lean Jeopardy — Suck it, Womack!
By Mark Graban If you’ve ever watched Saturday Night Live’s Celebrity Jeopardy sketches, you probably remember the running gag: Sean Connery confidently choosing categories… and getting them hilariously wrong. He wasn’t confused. He was certain. And that’s what made…
If Oprah Ran Boeing or One of its Factories
By Mark Graban See more in the Best of Lean Memes collection.
Joey Works at Boeing Apparently
By Mark Graban See more in the Best of Lean Memes collection.
Spotted at Toyota in Kentucky circa 1986
By Chad Walters See more in the Best of Lean Memes collection.
The Owl: Nature’s Worst Root Cause Problem Solver
Who? Who? By Mark Graban See more in the Best of Lean Memes collection.
No YOU’re the tool, ha ha ha ha!
By Amanda Breeden See more in the Best of Lean Memes collection.
