A Holiday Message from LeanBP
I want to wish a warm holiday season to all my readers and friends.
I know—2020 was a tough year. Most of the bad stuff...
Going Back to the Blue Line
The COVID-19 crisis has upended business as usual, and it’s unclear what will happen when some or all of us return to work. Supply...
VIDEO: A Multitasking Lesson for Kids
https://vimeo.com/403842956
If you’ve got school-age kids, or teach them, they’re likely home right now, finishing out the academic year online. How’s it going? Are students...
Staying Productive Through a Crisis
The world has changed dramatically since you heard from me last. It’s hard to remember what I planned to write about just three or...
VIDEO: Has a Business Process Ever Made You Cry?
https://vimeo.com/385091133
Motion is one of the 8 wastes that plague the business office. (The kitchen, too, come to think of it.) Here’s a short and...
Lean Your Invoicing for a Quick Win
Congratulations! Your organization did the thing you set out to do. Whether that thing was a product or a service, you marketed it, made...
10 Great Summer Reads from LeanBP
July and December are slow months for training, so that’s when I take the time to dive deeper into my course materials and take...
Cut the Noise and Tame the Common Cause (Part Two of Two)
In my last post, I laid out the difference between special cause and common cause variation.
Why is it important to know the difference? Because...