Who Must Lead Lean? As my knowledge of Lean has grown, I’ve come to some important discoveries.  First is that Lean was not a collection of tools to eliminate waste. .. read more

Kaikaku – Quantum Change (Part 2) Kaikaku: How do we do it?  What’s it worth to us? Let me open with an apology.  Back in December 2013, I promised that.. read more

A few weeks ago I told a colleague that I wouldn’t accept a contract for a Lean transformation comprised solely of Kaizen events.  At the end of our conversation, the.. read more

Shooting for the Moon From the “Really Leading” Series by Robert B. Camp On September 12th, 1962, John Fitzgerald Kennedy stunned an audience at Rice University by announcing that the.. read more

Kaikaku – Quantum Change (Part 1) Kaikaku, what is it? What can we do when we find ourselves trailing the our competition by a lot?  Kaizen could achieve the necessary.. read more

Really Leading by Robert B. Camp In my book, Go and See: A Journey About Getting to Lean, I make the statement: “You can’t lead from behind.” Does that seem.. read more

Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Boards (Part 2) When you visit a KPI board, what are you looking for?  Number 1: you’re looking to ensure the charts are all present and.. read more

Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Boards (Part 1) It may be hard to think of a less inspiring title for a Blog, but KPI Boards are HUGE in taking your process.. read more

Leading Change at the Speed of Electrons (Part III) You now know that changing involves making good decisions lower in your organization.  You also know that, to prevent infanticide, you.. read more

Leading Change at the Speed of Electrons (Part II) In my last post, I discussed why it was important to make decisions closer to the point of discovery; hence, closer.. read more