Category Archives: lean thinking

Deming Prize winner, Ryuji Fukuda, introduced a document to my company in 1989 referred to as the X-Type Matrix for Objective Management. Relatively..

Most Lean folks use “5-Whys” daily to problem solve; but, relatively few are familiar with a clever problem solving device developed 30 years ago..

For over 25 years, the GBMP’s mission has been to help organizations large and small develop their most valuable resource: their employees. Our..

Football is a tough sport; tougher than most who play it. Almost everyone who plays will eventually sustain at least a minor injury. It certainly..

The English language can be confounding. For example, the word turkey is slang for “a person considered inept or undesirable” while the idiom cold ..

After being recognized in 1990 by the Shingo Prize, my plant became an overnight hot spot for benchmarking. Hardly a week went by when there was..

Several years ago, I was asked to address a startup meeting at a new client, a large manufacturer of medical devices. The company was resource..

To close out the summer of 2019, here’s a lighthearted reflection from the summer of 1969: Today, I’m riding back from Florida bringing my new..

It’s hard to believe that 2018 is the 20th anniversary for the Toast Kaizen video. After two decades, nearly one hundred and fifty thousand copies..

Last month I joined Eric Buhrens, CEO at Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) to host a leadership team from the Tel Aviv’s Sourasky Medical Center. They..