One area of focus we love to write about at Lean Smarts is what might be called the “soft skills” of lean. The hard skills are plenty and obvious: value stream mapping, heijunka, kanban, and more. But it is not the hard skills that make or break a lean initiative. The issues that are critical …
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This little, green, and wise sensei from Star Wars has a lot he could teach us about life, and he can also teach us a lot about lean. I recall one moment in The Empire Strikes Back when Yoda is doing his best to teach Luke Skywalker in the ways of the force. Luke is …
Note: If you want to take your leadership to a whole new level, continue reading. In the world of lean there’s a theory promoted by many consultants and skilled continuous improvement managers called “The Theory of Constraints.” The theory basically states that there’s always a constraint in a system or company that limits output results. …
