Running a kaizen event, is a magical thing. It’s a great way to achieve remarkable results that you can’t get from a meeting an email exchange or a simple action plan. When to do a kaizen event? One should be…
Consultants are problem solvers. It’s also who I am, it’s how I position myself and it’s what I’m good at. It’s part of my why and why I went into consulting. A few things I’ve seen happening over the years.…
Just a few weeks ago I was hiking in the Austrian Alps – don’t ask me why, but I’m happy I joined. It was a great experience, being offline for a week, walking above the clouds, facing some of your…
As I’m camping in Sweden with my family right now, there are always those early morning, looking over a lake with only the sound of awakening birds, that I get even more philosophical as I already am by nature. Recently…
Let me try a more provocative title this week. Many people have heard about lean, about manufacturing processes being optimised. When it comes to implementations beyond the shop floor in more transactional or commercial areas, people tend to have a…
If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. not sure: The beauty about Lean Business is that in many cases, it’s just common sense, but rigorously applied. The ideas aren’t necessary groundbreaking, the biggest part is just about…
Progress cannot be generated when we are satisfied with existing situations. Ohno Taiichi (大野耐一, Ōno Taiichi) What Mr Ohno describes in this quote is a core belief of Lean. It’s about the fundament of Kaizen, the idea that things can always be…
Might be weird to say for someone like me that promotes the use of a certain set of tools. But I’m 100% sure that only using a set of tools won’t make you smarter. Or win. Or make you successful…