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Choose your Shingo Affiliate Wisely

White Paper: ​Recognizing the need to create a Lean Culture that encourages and promotes the technical side of Lean, many organizations are adopting the Shingo Institute Model for Enterprise Excellence.  A curriculum of five separate workshops provided by Registered Shingo Affiliates in either private or public settings form the basis for learning and effectively implementing the Model.  This White Paper recommends twelve critical questions to ask potential Affiliates before selecting a Shingo Workshop provider. 

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Accountability or Authority?

Reflecting on McGregor’s X and Y Theories of human motivation, Shigeo Shingo took the position that each of us by nature has a dual tendency:...

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They also serve who only stand and wait.

For those not into 17th century English poets, this final line from John Milton’s, On His Blindness, had particular significance in 1665 at a time...

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Why Discover the Shingo Model for Lean Transformation

We really hope so! Join us this February @ KSE in Charlton MA for Discover Excellence, the foundational Shingo Institute Workshop. An exceptional...

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