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Lean and Meta Principles: The Unity Principle

Posted by Lawrence M. Miller | Dec 6, 2012 | Corporate Culture, Leadership, Lean Culture, Lean Management, Lean Manufacturing, Managing Change, Organization Design and Process Improvement, Organizational Behavior Management | 3

Some companies have engaged in what they think are “lean implementations” by reducing lean to component parts and experimenting with one component over there, another over here, and a third somewhere else. That is guaranteed to fail. The very idea of reducing lean to its component parts fails to “get it.” I believe that the first principle of meta-lean is what I called in a previous book, The Unity Principle. Honda took this principle to heart and sought to apply it in their U.S. operations.

Lean Lessons from the Hawthorne Studies

Posted by Lawrence M. Miller | Nov 2, 2012 | Corporate Culture, Leadership, Lean Culture, Lean Health Care, Lean Management, Lean Manufacturing, Organization Design and Process Improvement, Organizational Behavior Management, Team Development | 4

The Hawthorne studies have been a frequent source of misinterpretation over the years. It happens that they also have significant implications for the implementation of lean practices in organizations.

Understanding the research can help one develop a system that is sustainable and not merely a short term boost in performance. The power of feedback, reinforcement and teamwork are the real lessons of Hawthorne.

Lean: Is It A Change Methodology or An End State?

Posted by Lawrence M. Miller | Jul 9, 2012 | Lean Culture, Lean Management, Lean Manufacturing, Organization Design and Process Improvement | 6

Is “Lean” a change methodology or an end-state, where we are going, or how we are getting there. Many lean implementations fail due to a failure to appreciate effective change methodologies. Whole-system architecture is a “macro-lean” change methodology.

How You Change Is The Change

Posted by Lawrence M. Miller | Dec 6, 2011 | Corporate Culture, Leadership, Lean Culture, Lean Management, Lean Manufacturing, Organization Design and Process Improvement | 3

Lean Management is not a change methodology; it is a destination, a desired set of practices and culture. How you get there will determine the outcome.

Lean Healthcare

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

Lean Healthcare and Change Methodology Over the past months I have been working rather intensely with a Canadian healthcare organization, the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON). This effort to create a model of lean healthcareÂ has...

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Lean and Meta Principles: The Unity Principle

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