Many have seen the success lean manufacturing can have on a company’s bottom line. Toyota Motor Corp. is one of the greatest implementers of lean and knows how culture can significantly increase a ...

The Toyota Way principles can work in any culture, but it all starts with leaders who are passionate and committed. Since Dr. James Womack coined the term “lean” in Lean Thinking back in the 1990s, ...

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — When Roy Jordan founded North Forest Office Space in 1982 with his wife, Patty, he needed to understand all facets of constructing buildings. Business survival required utilizing time ...

Organizations get more value from their investments in lean when lean is about behaviors, not just tools. That’s why it’s important to deliberately shape your lean culture. And if you’re going to ...

A case study describing how Lean can drive the creation of an improved culture within pharmaceutical companies. Over the last decade lean management has become the vital driver of operational change, ...

While the advice given in the book Lean In helped push women to change their habits, research shows that more structural change is needed before the playing field between men and women is leveled, ...

Ashira Gobrin is Chief People Officer at Wave, with 25 years of experience driving business performance through a holistic People strategy. We talk a lot about the importance of EQ, mindfulness and ...