Tag: Shook

Full List of Shingo Prize for Research Winners Announced

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Award Recipients - The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence - shingoprize.org The full list of winners has been released. Congratulations to all! It's personally quite...

Starbucks Tests "Lean" Operations In Some Stores

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Starbucks Gossip: Starbucks tests "lean" operations in Ohio and Kentucky stores We've known for some time that Starbucks has been trying to figure out how...

Management "Moonshots." Really?

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by Dan MarkovitzGary Hamel's Management 2.0 blog at WSJ.com features his ideas for "Management Moonshots" -- 25 ambitious and radical ideas that will significantly...

Welcome to the Blog World, John Shook!

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LEAN.org - Lean Enterprise InstituteJohn Shook is one of my favorite people in the Lean world. I've learned more about Toyota-style leadership from him...

Managing to Learn, from John Shook

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Managing to Learn: Using the A3 management process to solve problems, gain agreement, mentor, & leadPublished by the Lean Enterprise Institute, John Shook has...

Lean in a Moose Jaw Hospital

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Auto industry process revs up efficiency No, not a hospital for moose -- a hospital in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. The Five Hills Health Region is...

Q&A With the Lean Dentist, Part 2

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Here is a follow up to Part 1 of the recent Q&A I've facilitated with our friend, Dr. Bahri. Thanks to the blog...

A Good Quote (from 1882!)

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I'm prepping for a presentation I'm giving next week on Lean leadership styles and I ran across tihs great quote that John Shook shared...

John Shook TWI Presentation

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Presentation Link from TWI SummitThanks to Blog reader Jeff for sending this along. Jeff sends glowing reports about the first ever TWI Summit...

Womack and Shook Leadership Webinar

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Here is an archived webinar with Jim Womack and John Shook, brought to us by the Lean Enterprise Institute, titled "Lean Management and the...

Lean in New Zealand

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New Zealand's source for business, stock market & currency news on Stuff.co.nzHere is a decent lean overview, which includes a visit by John Shook...

Misunderstandings About Value Stream Mapping, Flow Analysis, and Takt Time

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LEI Features Excellent article (registration required, Word Doc) written by well-known Toyota expert and author John Shook.