American Lean Weekday Blog:

What to Include in Your Lean Training- Part 4

what to include in your Lean training Since it is near the end of the year and your company might consider Lean training, I thought I’d give you an early present and cover what to include in your Lean training. This is not an exhaustive list- I’m breaking the topics up over several weeks. Up

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How to Engage Employees during your Lean Transformation

Employee engagement is going to make or break you on your Lean transformation. For those that are interested in a successful Lean Transformation, I have a secret for you. Lean is about changing the culture of your organization. Ask yourself, how do I turn my employees into daily problem solvers? One success indicator of employee

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Focus on the Customer in 2021

What is the purpose of your business? Is it to make money as many people believe? I took finance during my MBA program and finance says your goal is to generate shareholder value. That doesn’t sound like a great rallying cry for employees. “We have to focus on increasing our shareholder value in 2021.” Yeah,

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Top Roles for a Successful Digital Transformation

Organizations have dramatically sped up their digital transformation activities. The pandemic has made companies consider a digital transformation much sooner than before. Companies of all sizes realize they need to transform. To help guide you, here are the top roles for a successful digital transformation. 1.  Solution Architect Just like it sounds, a solution architect

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Topics to Include in Your Lean Training- Part 3

Since it’s near the end of the year and your company might consider Lean training, I thought I’d give you an early present and cover topics to include in your Lean training.  This is not an exhaustive list- I’m breaking the topics up over several weeks. If you cover these topics, I know you will

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Five Steps for Supporting your Digital Intrapreneurs

Digital transformations are important in today’s world. Even if you are an “old-school” manufacturer- you make stuff- you still have to find customers.  It could be there are ways to increase the digital aspects of your products.  Regardless, this will require change, and the best way to approach it is to unleash your intrapreneurs.  Here

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