Mike Cardus

JANUARY 19, 2012

This image above explores the differences between an Organizational Structure that has NO managerial-leadership coaching and an Organizational Structure WITH managerial-leadership coaching. The image on the right reflects the ‘ Cascade-of-Planning ’ model or in Lean Manufacturing the Hoshin Kanri used in the Toyota Production System.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 22, 2015

” I’ve also been to Kjell’s shop on several occasions, and have seen the values in action, along with a really cool example of how lean manufacturing works. Leadership' Yes, Kjell isn’t searching for unicorns.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

It’s like he’s afraid of me trying new things because it might not go exactly as planned. For example, employees in a white-goods manufacturing plant in Italy learned about lean manufacturing by playing with Legos rather than cooktops. “He was more concerned with protocol than personal development.

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Motivation Lean Manufacturing Management System 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2014

Leader standard work is a term often used in lean manufacturing. In its simplest form, leader standard work is a regular cadence of activities and questions that bring leadership into physical contact with managers and frontline employees. Did they perform the checks they planned?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Toyota made its quality reputation sending its lean manufacturing experts into its suppliers' production lines to advise them on product design and process improvement. Every company should have a plan and a process to convert its bigger customers into innovation partners.

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CTO Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

A planned doubling of our square footage was derailed by the financial crash, which depleted capital, but in some ways this turned out to be a blessing in disguise. To foster a common sense of urgency, every member of our leadership team was provided a copy of John Kotter’s “ Our Iceberg is Melting.”

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Health Care Ishikawa Lean Manufacturing Early Adopters 8