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What queues reveal about healthcare management
LEANMAIL HEALTHCARE

What queues reveal about healthcare management

By integrating the stages of care, better organizing resources and removing interruptions that prolong the patient journey, lean management helps reduce waits, relieve team overload and deliver care with more safety, agility and respect

Flávio Battaglia and Paloma Rubinato Perez

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No problem is problem: why AI needs to stop flattering
Lean It Up MANAGEMENT

No problem is problem: why AI needs to stop flattering

In a corporate world that increasingly demands agility, resilience and the elimination of waste, algorithmic flattery is dangerous noise

By Flávio Battaglia

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Leading in the age of AI
General DIGITAL AND TECHNOLOGY

Leading in the age of AI

Between hype and skepticism, understanding the real capabilities of artificial intelligence is essential for leaders who want to apply it consistently and purposefully in their organizations.

By Art Smalley

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When AI produces too much information
Lean It Up MANAGEMENT

When AI produces too much information

Technology can greatly expand organizations' capabilities, but it can also make weaknesses more visible. In the end, return on investment will depend less on the power of the tools and more on the managerial intelligence applied to their use

By Flávio Battaglia

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From Agile to Lean Tech: Theodo's journey toward learning at scale
General DIGITAL AND TECHNOLOGY

From Agile to Lean Tech: Theodo's journey toward learning at scale

Theodo grew from two people to 700 employees by connecting agile with lean thinking — building a learning system based on visibility, problem solving and quality.

By Roberto Priolo

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The new bounded rationality: why more AI does not mean better management
Lean It Up MANAGEMENT

The new bounded rationality: why more AI does not mean better management

When applied to poorly designed processes, AI does not eliminate waste; it merely perpetuates and accelerates it. When layered over confusing flows, contradictory goals or purely bureaucratic routines, technology tends to make the problem more sophisticated rather than solve it

By Flávio Battaglia

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The new era of efficiency
General LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN

The new era of efficiency

How Lean, AI and Operations Research are redefining modern logistics

By Nádia Junqueira Martarelli Fróes and Daniel Felipe de Oliveira

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