10/06/14 by Ankit Patel | lean business system, lean culture, lean transformation, line design |

In the last post we talked about an Introduction to Lean Line Design.  In that post we introduced terms that we will be using to describe the Lean Line Design process.  The first step in the process is to understand what’s possible given your company culture.  This is all part…

09/15/14 by Ankit Patel | lean culture, lean transformation |

In part I of Leading a Lean Transformation we explored the business results you can get by doing a Lean Transformation.  It’s not uncommon to see successful Lean Transformations improve a business by 30%.  However the success rate is very low.  Over 70% of change efforts fail the first time…

09/05/14 by Ankit Patel | lean culture, Uncategorized |

A Lean Transformation is a way to changing your business.  Traditionally it’s about reducing waste, making products and services “flow”, and reducing excess burdening on people.  It’s hard for businesses to believe that by changing the way you look at a problem can change the way you perform.  Typically business…

08/07/14 by Ankit Patel | continuous improvement, lean, lean business system, lean culture, lean manufacutring, Uncategorized |

Lean is a bit like ice cream and children.  Everyone thinks that theirs is the best.  Unlike ice cream or children there is no one “best” way to do Lean.  In-fact it will look like the complete opposite in some industries.  Because of this you end up with what it…

07/24/14 by Ankit Patel | lean culture, mindfulness |

In the last blog post (Mindfulness as a management Skill Part I) we talked about the cycle leaders can get into and how their stress can affect the performance of the team.  Most companies don’t get the results they want from doing Lean (or any change effort for that matter).  One…

07/16/14 by Ankit Patel | lean culture |

Here is a great Ted Talk on how to develop Mindfulness Related Posts: Mindfulness as a Management Skill Part I 5 Ways to Help You Decide Your Priorities Want to learn more about mindfulness and how it can help you in your growth as an employee, leader, and/or manager?  Please…

07/11/14 by Ankit Patel | lean culture |

Having a Lean culture will get you incredible results with your company that can last for a long time.  It can also win you a Shingo Prize which is the top Lean award you can achieve.  Some results include reducing costs structures by over 50%, improving quality to near zero…

04/17/14 by Ankit Patel | lean culture, lean fail, Uncategorized |

In the last two series of “Why Lean is So Difficult” we introduced the concepts of why it is difficult and took a deeper dive into one of the reasons – Strategy.  Now we’ll take a look at the second factor on why Lean efforts fail often and that’s the momentum…

04/02/14 by Ankit Patel | lean, lean culture, lean fail, lean manufacutring, lean medical clinic, Strengths based Lean, Uncategorized |

“Going Lean” can be very exciting for a company because of the results it can produce.  An engaged workforce, reduced costs, faster delivery times, better quality, and a competitive advantage in the market place to name a few.  You hear companies like Toyota using it to compete in a very…

02/13/14 by Ankit Patel | daily management, lean culture |

  Most people seem to have a love hate relationship with meetings.  Not many people seem to like them and sometimes they seem to be a waste of time.  That’s usually because meetings are done wrong.  Daily meetings are meetings that happen 3x a week to 10x a week and…