Category Lean Memes

Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement memes, originally published at LeanMemes.com from 2012 onward.

All I Do is Lean — Google It

Meme of a football coach in a red jacket and headset with text reading HEARING SOMEONE SAY LEAN IS FOR SPEED, SIX SIGMA IS FOR QUALITY

  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…

PATIENTS AREN’T CARS

Five-panel meme of two men arguing, captioned Lean doesn't work in healthcare, with replies on evidence and complex adaptive systems

  By Ryan The Lean point: I’ve heard “patients aren’t cars” in a lot of hospitals, usually right after someone mentions Toyota. It’s true, and I don’t know anyone in Lean healthcare who argues otherwise. Lean was never about treating…