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This packaging company in Catalonia managed to intelligently balance solving urgent problems with advancing the lean transformation. But what do you do when the problems (the incentive) are no longer there?
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A visit to Turner Construction's New York business unit reveals how its leaders use the A3 process to develop their team's problem-solving capabilities
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The importance of Daily Management (DM) in executing strategy. How problem solving and people engagement every day can ensure the performance expected by the strategy
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As lean thinkers, our focus is on problem solving. The author explains why solving problems effectively depends on our ability to make the right decisions.
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How leaders' attitudes can strengthen or undermine nemawashi, hoshin kanri, daily management and other problem-solving concepts and practices that are fundamental to sound strategy development and execution.
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The construction sector is full of waste, yet lean is still not widely adopted in the industry. The authors show how lean can help the sector, emphasizing the importance of developing problem-solving capabilities.
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In a corporate world that increasingly demands agility, resilience and the elimination of waste, algorithmic flattery is dangerous noise
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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.
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An analysis of why organizations spend managerial energy feeding "invisible, yet visible" failures; and the mindset shift needed to break this cycle
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Instead of treating the KitKat theft episode as an institutional crisis, Nestlé poked fun at its own slogan by suggesting the thieves took "have a break" too seriously
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How is a 700-person technology company achieving 3 times the speed on modernization projects? By incorporating a century of lean manufacturing wisdom to industrialize AI-driven development — and by demonstrating a new sociotechnical path for organizations in every sector.
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A team from a Scottish university has developed a visual control for body fluids that is solving a complex problem in healthcare.
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