steering team

Where’s your lean team? [Lessons from the Road]

by Jamie Flinchbaugh on 10-05-16

This year, for my Industry Week column, I’ve tried to take on topics that may have many people disagreeing with me. It is one way to move the conversation. This is a topic that isn’t controversial as much as it is political and messy: where in the organization should I

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Your own worst enemy

by Jamie Flinchbaugh on 08-11-10

I witness lean change agents get in their own way all the time. I’m sure I do it too. This is a common example that really can hold back an entire organization on the journey. It is the response to an inflection point. Change agents, of any kind of change,

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Successful Lean Steering Committees

by Jamie Flinchbaugh on 12-21-09

Do you have a group of people leading lean? Whether formal or informal, there is often such as group particularly early in the lean journey (meaning the first several years). I get a lot of questions by email, some by clients and others by readers. Many are two specific to

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