When Jamie Flinchbaugh and I founded the Lean Learning Center we focused on 4 primary principles of lean: practical problem solving, waste elimination, standardization, and systems (process) thinking. Problem solving, waste elimination and standardization are well understood and widely accepted practices in the lean community and understandably are some of … Continue reading
Tag: direct observation
Naked Advertising-It’s the Connections
It seems that “direct observation” has become more fashionable in the lean community. I don’t mean to sound cynical but I’m always concerned when a lean practice or principle seems to takes on a life of its own or is considered the “next best thing”. Don’t get me wrong, I … Continue reading
Learning to See
One of my favorite television series is Brain Games on National Geographic channel (braingames.nationalgeographic.com), which often challenges how our brain interprets what we see and that what “we see” often doesn’t reflect reality. This was further exemplified by a quote from Milton Glaser: “We are always looking but … Continue reading