by Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean [This is a continuation of a thread on Leading Lean topics from A-Z] When visiting companies that feel better about their lean journey than they probably should, perhaps the most common…
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…
by Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean A3 thinking, A3 problem solving, A3 report writing – whatever you might call it is growing popular in the same way that value stream mapping did many years ago. But just…
by Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean I believe that NIH, or Not Invented Here, is one of the silliest cultural barriers to progress. What we’re basically saying is that there are good ideas out there, ideas that…
The federal deficit has ballooned to record numbers. Never before has lean been more important to government. With a undeniable need to drop future spending, unless we want services to drop along with it, we will have to deliver more…
by Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean In the month of April I’ll be presenting two topics at different conferences. I thought I would share these with you. The Lean Product and Process Development Exchange will be held…
As March Madness begins, many people’s eyes will be fixed to TVs and computer screens while they root for the favorite teams. Where’s the lesson for Lean in there? It comes in exactly the winners and losers – may the…
By Adam Zak, Adam Zak Executive Search: “Respect for people: Very few businesses start up only on the backs of the sole founder. It takes a team.” Jamie Flinchbaugh Earlier this week, Jamie blogged about the Lean Entrepreneur. With layoffs…
Here is LeanBlog Podcast #64, again with Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road. Jamie explains the difference between coaching people toward a solution versus coaching them in the method, and why both approaches have…
OK, so here is episode #1 of the “beta” (if you will) LeanBlog Video Podcast. Our guest is our good friend Jamie Flinchbaugh. I guess I’m jumping on the video bandwagon — have you seen the new sample videos from…
There is no question at this point that 2009 is the worst economy we’ve all seen since the great depression. Good people are getting laid off left and right because their employer just doesn’t have work for them. And of…
Hi everyone — sorry there was no post this morning, my flight home landed at 1 am and I was exhausted this morning, taking it sort of as a vacation day. I have a lot of blogging to catch up,…