The ⛓️help chain⛓️ is critical part of Daily Management. The help chain establishes a systematic way of triggering different levels of knowledge and responsibilities to solve a problem. If a problem can't be solved at the frontline level, then there must be a systematic way to get help from above. Leadership must create an environment where teams understand that asking for help is not a sign of weakness. Employees should feel free to ask for and offer help. The idea that flattening organizations is necessary to improve communication and efficiency is a traditional view of command-and-control management. In contrast, lean management provides the appropriate layers needed to provide proper levels of support. Stay tuned for LEI's upcoming book:📙Daily Management to Execute Strategy📙 #LeanManagement #Strategy #DailyManagement #Lean #Management
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The nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) helps companies and people make things better through lean thinking and practice. We also help managers and executives develop the leadership behaviors that sustain lean enterprises. LEI was founded in 1997 by management expert James P. Womack, Ph.D., as a nonprofit research, education, publishing, and conference company with a mission to advance lean thinking around the world. We conduct research projects, teach courses, hold lean management seminars, write and publish books and workbooks, organize public and private conferences, and offer custom training & consulting. lean.org that offers free content including: Case studies Articles Podcasts Webinars Book excerpts Forms & Templates Workshops (online and in-person) on basic and advanced lean management principles and tools including: value-stream mapping for production and nonproduction environments, pull production and leveling, logistics, standardized work, product development, strategy deployment, change agent skills, lean culture change, problem solving, lean leadership, and more. Training & consulting for organizations including, getting started assessments, leadership development, custom training, and enterprise transformation. Conferences, including the annual Lean Summit. #Lean #FutureofWork #LearningOrganization #ContinuousImprovement #Management #Leadership #PeopleDevelopment
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Jim Benson
I will help you, your team, and your company collaborate with confidence. Advisor | Consultant | Instructor | Author | Keynote Speaker
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Katie Anderson
✨ Empowering Leaders to Activate High-Performing Learning Organizations | 🎙️ Chain of Learning Podcast Host | Strategic Advisor - Facilitator -…
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Karen Wilhelm
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Michael Orzen
President at Mike Orzen & Associates, Inc.
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Did you miss the LinkedIn Live -- Build to Sell: The Lean Secret to Crafting Irresistible Products -- with Sandrine Olivencia last week? Watch the on demand video now.
Join us on LinkedIn Live for an insightful discussion with Sandrine Olivencia about her new book Build to Sell: The Lean Secret to Crafting Irresistible Products. 📅 Date: August 28, 2024 🕒 Time: 12PM-1PM ET Sandrine will share practical lean strategies to help you create products that truly connect with your audience and succeed in the market. 💡 What You’ll Learn💡 🔵 Emotion-Centric Design: How understanding user emotions can elevate your product. 🔵 Chief Product Engineer Insights: Strategic and technical skills for leading product teams. 🔵 Performance-Based Products: Viewing your product as a series of customer-centric performances rather than a backlog of requested features. 🔵 Design to Cost Strategies: Balancing creativity with profitability. Whether you're a business leader, marketer, or entrepreneur, this event is designed to provide actionable insights you can immediately apply. 👉 Register now to secure your spot!
Build to Sell: Lean Strategies for Creating Successful Products
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Great quote from Katie Anderson, and a reminder to all managers--to engage with your team and ask questions!
✨ Empowering Leaders to Activate High-Performing Learning Organizations | 🎙️ Chain of Learning Podcast Host | Strategic Advisor - Facilitator - Coach | 🎤 Keynote Speaker | 📚 Award-Winning Author | Learning Enthusiast✨
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲? Leaders at all levels play a crucial role in establishing and maintaining a company’s workplace culture. When you hold negative assumptions about team members, these beliefs influence not only the employee experience, but also how the organization functions overall. Recently, 14 other Forbes Coaches Council members and I share some of the negative beliefs we've observed that managers may have about the team members they lead and must rely on to deliver results. Here's my top observation about limiting beliefs and the number shift leader's can make to engage people (what I call "Break the Telling Habit"!) 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗔 𝗣𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 “𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣’𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙧 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚, 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨, 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙮, ‘𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣.’ 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢-𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜? 𝘼𝙨𝙠 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙚.” Read the full Forbes article for more insights on how managers’ limiting beliefs can damage both morale and overall performance -- and our suggestions for how to overcome this challenge. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g8S9QHxR 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙛𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢? Contributors include: Jessica S. Fox, Nick Leighton, @Simone Milasas, Bryan Powell, Kurline J. Altes, Christie Garcia, Evan Roth, Candice Gottlieb-Clark, Jason Ballard, Carrie Skowronski, Keli Frazier-Cox, Mick Hunt, 💥Patricia Burlaud, Alex Draper #leadership #BreakTheTellingHabit #employeeengagement #leanleadership
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📢 At Lean Enterprise Institute, we’re always exploring ways to create value through continuous improvement and respect for people. This TED Talk by MIT management professor and Good jobs Institute founder Dr. Zeynep Ton is a powerful reminder of why good jobs are not just beneficial for employees but also essential for business success. 💼 Dr. Ton breaks down how companies that invest in quality jobs—where employees are well-trained, motivated, and respected—achieve higher performance and better outcomes. This aligns perfectly with lean principles and our commitment to building sustainable, people-centered organizations. Watch the talk here: https://bit.ly/3MwDBYU
Zeynep Ton: The case for good jobs — and why they're good for business too
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Struggling to manage the unpredictability in your make-to-order processes? You can achieve a more predictable and efficient workflow—even in high-variety, custom-product environments—by applying continuous flow principles. Here’s how: --> Maintain FIFO flow through your processes 🛤️ --> Release work based on time increments, not customer orders ⏱️ --> Manage bottlenecks by balancing workload By implementing these strategies, you’ll reduce chaos, improve delivery times, and create a smoother operation. Ready to dive deeper? Read more from Mike Rother! 🔗in comments below. #LeanThinking #ContinuousFlow #OperationalExcellence #ManufacturingEfficiency
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Looking to grasp the essentials of the Toyota Production System? Kaizen Express is your go-to guide—a retro throwback that offers a quick yet comprehensive overview of TPS fundamentals. Originally a Japanese learning resource, this bilingual primer introduces key lean concepts through short chapters, clear visuals, and practical advice you can implement right away. Whether you're new to lean or seeking a deeper understanding, Kaizen Express provides the foundation you need to start thinking and acting like a TPS pro. Discover how small, continuous improvements can lead to true efficiency. https://hubs.ly/Q02NfjWj0 #LeanThinking #ContinuousImprovement #Kaizen #LeanLexicon
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The team at VIWINCO continually generates improvement ideas, presenting them to management and turning them into tangible enhancements in our final products. Want to create a continuous improvement culture? Let's talk, bring LEI to your company: https://hubs.li/Q02Nf6Sc0 #LeanThinking #ContinuousImprovement #5S
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Is your product development process bogged down by rework, missed deadlines, and low morale? It's time to turn things around. Join our Lean Product and Process Development (LPPD) Course to learn a holistic, proven framework that aligns your entire enterprise to: --> Accelerate time to market --> Reduce design rework --> Boost team morale --> Deliver exactly what your customers want Don't let frustration hold your team back. Learn how to build a dynamic, continually improving innovation system. ✨ Enroll today and start launching better products with ease! https://hubs.li/Q02Nf4Zg0 #productdevelopment #projectmanagement #lppd #Leanthinking #processimprovement
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Learn how one company addressed a 65 million dollar problem using an A3 approach. Follow their story and walk each step of the A3 process with them. https://hubs.li/Q02Nf6N-0 #A3 #ProblemSolving #Continuousimprovement
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A true lean manager doesn't just follow tools—they embody a lean state of mind. 🌟 👉 Solve problems where they happen by going to the gemba and digging into root causes. 👉Empower teams to tackle issues at the source, with support and guidance from above. 👉Embrace continuous experimentation through PDCA cycles. 👉Recognize that no solution is final—stay engaged and adapt to new challenges. Shift your mindset, and watch continuous improvement become second nature. Link in comments below to read more from Jim Womack ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #LeanThinking #ContinuousImprovement #Leadership #ProblemSolving
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