FEATURE - In this series based on his latest book What’s Lean?, Michael Ballé explains lean terms, from the most common to the least known, to uncover the meaning and thinking behind them.
FEATURE – Toyota’s Woven City provides a blueprint for radical innovation based on a three-level learning architecture and “kakezan” partnerships, enabling experimentation, real-world validation, and scalable value creation.
FEATURE – Drawing on Lean Institute Africa’s experience, the author shows why practical Lean, rooted in standards, PDCA, and people development, is necessary in the continent’s complex environment.
FEATURE – For this Chilean equipment distributor and service provider, what began as a simple waste problem became a lesson in observation, behavior change, and the power of method.
NOTES FROM THE GEMBA – In part 2 of this account on her gemba walks at Veolia, the author visits the company’s Majikan hub, learning about centralized planning, standards, and learning systems.
MY AHA MOMENTS – Opening a reflective new series on his lean “aha” moments, the author recalls discovering the power of gemba observation to reveal hidden capacity without investment.
