The Lean Insider

A blog of news, research, and trends on operational excellence and Lean enterprise

5.19.2014

What Can a 21st-Century Business Leader Learn from a 19th-Century Military Theorist?

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I had an opportunity to talk with Norton Paley about his just-published book Clausewitz Talks Business: An Executive’s Guide to Thinking Li...
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4.15.2014

How Can We Overcome Toxic Conformity at Work?

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Why are many of our organizations almost allergenic in their responses to innovation? Why do we penalize those courageous individuals who c...
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3.18.2014

Generating Sustainable Power: What Are the Considerations?

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Joao Neiva de Figueiredo and Mauro F. Guillén recently edited and published a book titled Green Power: Perspectives on Sustainable Electr...
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2.18.2014

Why Don't All Manufacturing Companies Design Products that are Easy to Manufacture?

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David M. Anderson recently published a book titled Design for Manufacturability: How to Use Concurrent Engineering to Rapidly Develop Low...
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1.15.2014

Creating a Lean Product Portfolio

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Chris Harris recently co-authored a book titled Capitalizing on Lean Production Systems to Win New Business: Creating a Lean and Profitab...
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12.16.2013

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) = Lean Architect

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Nick Katko recently published a book titled The Lean CFO: Architect of the Lean Management System , and it fully explains why chief financi...
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11.15.2013

Creating an Organizational Culture Beyond Lean Sigma Tools

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Robert Baird just published an interesting new book this month titled The Four Components of a Fast-Paced Organization: Going Beyond Lean S...
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10.14.2013

There are Problems and There are Paradoxes

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Information is at our finger tips. We are able to communicate with anyone around the world instantaneously for free. We have specialists in ...
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9.17.2013

Global Cultures and Lean Initiatives

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This past Spring, Jeffrey P. Wincel and Thomas J. Kull published a book titled People, Process, and Culture: Lean Manufacturing in the Rea...
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8.19.2013

The New Human Resources Model

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Last week, I spent some time on the phone with Daniel Bloom discussing his latest book titled Achieving HR Excellence through Six Sigma ,an...
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