Simple Excellence: Organizing & Aligning the Management Team in a Lean Transformation
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Tag Archives: Lean Thinking
Just-In-Time BMWs – Lean Thinking in Spartanburg
Get exactly the car you want in two to six weeks. Sounds good to me. However, the article describes this particular vehicle as a rush “priority.” So I’m getting the sense that Spartanburg might be able to use a few more Lean Leaders … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Zak, bmw, bmws, Business, Excellence, Lean Leaders, Lean Thinking, Operational Excellence, Spartanburg
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Think Lean to Prevent Executive Defections
Perhaps you too have seen the recent survey by the Corporate Executive Board (CEB). Looks like 25% or so of the executives whom surveyed companies have identified as “high-potential” leaders plan to exit their respective companies within the next 12 months. Oops! (Not … Continue reading
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Tagged corporate executive board, Executive Defections, Lean Leaders, Lean Thinking, progressive organizations, Respect for People
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No No NO-This is NOT Operational Excellence
Once again the general business press, writing about UC San Francisco, really has this all wrong. This is not Lean Thinking; it is not operational excellence; it is not “transformation.” It is misguided, misleading and, pure and simple, misinformation. And it … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Zak, Continuous Improvement, Human Resources, improvement, improvement effort, improvement efforts, John Plotts, Lean Leaders, Lean Thinking, LeanBlog, Mark Graban, Operational Excellence, operational improvement, personnel cuts, Respect for People, restructuring, Starbucks, uc san francisco, UCSF, University of California San Francisco, wall street journal
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