A blog like this would usually be titled "Best of..." but I don't subscribe to the idea of "best" when it comes to knowledge transfer. How can you compare th...

"Bridging the gap between Industry 4.0 vendors & manufacturers" As an unintended consequence of my lean work I’ve spent the last 2 years advising clients on w...

Whatever happens on Saturday in Yokohama, we’re in for a deluge of articles & blogs about the magic of Eddie Jones and the England Rugby Team. My twitter acc...

Along with death & taxes, I may have discovered another certainty in life: you never know what your kids are going to retain as useful information and what t...

Problem Solving & Movies are two things I like. The former I’ve been coaching for 20 years; sometimes well, sometimes badly. The latter I’ve loved since scho...

…about sharpening your eyes but not in a random way. The tweet above was from a photo I took whilst waiting for an old mentee to join me in a bar for an info...

This blog should bring a little comfort to lean thinkers, but first let me explain the re-enacted picture above. Having put down my bottle of beer I placed a...

Inspired by Michael Balle's recent Obeya article sharing his mistakes, here are a few of mine from 2018. Less is more so, to keep it short, I've listed 6 thi...

In today's blog, I present no answers, only a question I have no answer for. In about 5 minutes you'll be contemplating the irony of this piece. Don't worry,...

First blog of 2018 and I’m sure the suspense has been killing you. This post is about forcing deeper learning in a coaching exchange. Terry works for a clien...

Last week I recounted the story of Gary feeding back to Tony (#37) after his Team Brief. I hinted pretty heavily that neither a better brief nor strong feedb...

Last Thursday I observed a Team Brief at shift start up, delivered by a fledging Team Leader who we’ll call Tony. By my reckoning, I’ve watched and coached o...

I hesitate to say this but I'm blessed with a number of brutal friends. Not a physical-never-tire-of-hitting-you-in-the-face brutal but a biting humour that ...

…about coaching, gemba, treasure hunts I’m a lucky man in more ways than I have fingers and toes to count. However, curious as to why I'm a little jaded ment...

As a lean community we’re at it again... ...the lazy business of reducing a very useful habit into a stand-alone tool to package up and sell. I first came ac...

Today's blog: The kaizen mind of a competitive eater & why this isn't entirely what we're aiming for in developing lean capability. I have a hunch that a lar...

Today's blog: The benefits of not sharing a mother tongue. This edition of the leansempai blog is shorter than usual for word-related reasons that’ll become ...

Today's subject: A follow-up to the last post  "The popcorn test: You don't need me, not for most things"(#29) Before I move on, a big thanks to an old colle...

My first book from 2011 "Adventures in Leanland" is free on kindle until tomorrow. As a taster, Chapter 5.6 follows below. If you like the style, this is pre...

Today’s subject: Call a consultant when you should, not just when you can. My son and I share a love of the movies, which explains why I received a nudge in ...