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Survey Results: Execution and Importance of Lean Culture and Leadership Factors

Posted by Lawrence M. Miller | Jun 28, 2011 | Corporate Culture, Lean Culture, Lean Management, Lean Manufacturing, Organizational Behavior Management | 4

Eighty-two lean implementers contributed their opinions to this survey. I have processed the data from this survey and written a report, which I hope you will find interesting and useful. You can download a report and analysis of the data and you can download the complete survey results and do your own analysis. I think the data on both importance and execution of lean cultural factors will help you in your efforts to convince your managers about the importance of their leadership behavior to your lean journey.

Company Wide Lean Implementation

Posted by Lawrence M. Miller | Apr 2, 2011 | Corporate Culture, Leadership, Lean Culture, Lean Management, Lean Manufacturing, Organization Design and Process Improvement | 6

Many senior executives have struggled and failed to gain the advantage of a multi-site or dispersed organization. Instead of capitalizing on the potential value of multiple sites for learning, it seems that too often the same lessons have to be learned over and over again without any shared learning. This is a failure of senior management. In a lean organization, managing learning and improvement is THE primary function of senior managers in addition to deploying capital.

Sustaining Lean – The Power of Beliefs

Posted by Lawrence M. Miller | Mar 11, 2011 | Corporate Culture, Leadership, Lean Culture, Lean Management, Lean Manufacturing, Organization Design and Process Improvement | 10

To address the sustainability of the lean process we are looking at this model that defines the different components of a culture. At the core is the system of beliefs among the members of the organization. On the outside is the external environment with changes in technology, economics and other trends to which every company must adapt. The sustainability of any system is based on both its ability to adapt to a changing environment and its ability to stay on the course of its core values.

Operations Management Review

Posted by Lawrence M. Miller | Mar 9, 2011 | Lean Management | 0

Beyond Tahrir Square: Managing Large Scale Change

Posted by Lawrence M. Miller | Feb 19, 2011 | Corporate Culture, Leadership, Lean Culture, Lean Management, Managing Change, Organization Design and Process Improvement | 0

In my previous post on this subject I suggested lessons from the Egyptian revolution to the world of corporate leadership. Now I do the reverse.

I would like to address the ruling military officers of Egypt and the other leaders who are now finding themselves in the midst of turmoil in the Middle East. They all are confronted with the problem of “managing large scale change.” This is not a new thing. Many companies and countries have been through this before. So… here is an open letter to the Generals of Egypt, and to all others to whom it may apply.

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Survey Results: Execution and Importance of Lean Culture and Leadership Factors

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