Tag: Liker

My friend Pete Abilla has started a nice series of "Lean Leadership Interviews" on his site, shmula.com. I enjoyed his most recent interview with Jeff...

People often say Lean is pretty simple (or that it's just "common sense"). Yeah, some of the concepts are simple... but sometimes deceptively so....

tl;dr: In this post, Mark explores Toyota's principle of "Respect for People" within the context of Lean methodologies. He delves into how this principle...

TL;DR: Many "Lean Six Sigma" programs misrepresent Lean as a set of tools layered onto Six Sigma. Lean is not a toolbox--it's a management...

Why inspection alone does not prevent defects TL;DR: Even with multiple editors and spell checks, publishing errors still occur. This post uses real examples to...

On Friday, there was yet another Wall Street Journal article about Lean (fixating as they always do on the "Just In Time" component). The...

Mark Graban interviews Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup, about how Lean principles influenced his thinking on entrepreneurship and continuous innovation. Their conversation...

Thanks to Mike Wall, the host of the "Radio Lean" online program for interviewing me on Lean Healthcare. You can find streaming audio here or...

This might seem like a random topic, but what the heck, it's a Friday. I arrived in Orlando yesterday for the  Society for Health...

Jeffrey Liker explains why Toyota's recalls were not a failure of the Toyota Way, but a breakdown in listening, speed, and customer understanding. The...

There are lots of places online where people can ask questions about Lean, such as the LEI forums and numerous LinkedIn groups. I saw...

For those of you who have had difficulty accessing LeanBlog.org for the past two weeks or so, I apologize. It's been frustrating to me...