I think it’s fair for us all to say that the last months have been a challenge in many many ways. As the more fortunate have come through the change curve and are embracing the learning and adapting their approach to achieve personal and organisational objectives, we have seen four […]

The very welcome increase in the publicity and subsequent awareness of critical subjects regarding personal awareness, mental health, equality and general humanity has driven forward thinking businesses and organisation to evaluate their employees ‘happiness’.  Much has been written on this over the years of course and I was recently pointed […]

It’s been almost 30 years since Jim Womack, Dan Jones and Dan Roos coined the term ‘lean’ in terms of productivity. They shared, and have continued to share, critical insights into how organisations can enjoy huge growth, services can deliver exactly as required when required and charities can make the […]

We have to change to stay the same What does sustaining performance really mean?   I was recently having dinner with a friend and I spotted the sign in the picture below hanging in the restaurant. I believe it to be a modified quote from Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) one […]

Creating the Space What does empowering our people really mean – certainly more than just saying it out loud.   Anyone with a knowledge of todays organisational and business improvement techniques know that they are supported by two necessary elements. A robust, consistent and well understood, process for improvement and […]

We all work hard to improve ourselves, our teams and our Organisations so why don’t we always get the rewards that we deserve for our efforts?   Over half a million businesses have to sadly shut their doors every year. We hear stories of how they didn’t adapt or change […]

Is everything that we see really as we think it is? It’s important to see reality not just what we want to. Coincidentally, I have been speaking with a number of Lean Improvement practitioners recently in different Organisations about CI culture and what that actually means. They all had one […]

Lean is much more than just a tool box. James discussed the key lean behaviours required to drive sustainable rapid improvement. Hopefully you have been enjoying my articles (if you haven’t I’d be pleased for the feedback). If you have been reading along then you will have ascertained that my […]

Lean is very much about Organisational development and to develop as an Organisation we must learn as a team. For my last blog of the year, I thought it appropriate to write a little about reflection. It’s strange that in life we seem to need some sort of milestone or […]

Lean thinking requires a very different mindset at all levels of the Organisation. Here James discusses how our approach much change based on what we have in front of us. This week I have been invited into a really exciting organisation that is transforming the way it works. It was […]