A growing library of templates, training, book summaries and short posts — the same material we draw on with clients, made available so you can use it on your own.
The philosophy underneath the techniques — flow, pull, respect for people, capability over dependency, kaizen culture. The ideas that explain why the methods work, and what to hold onto when the methods don’t fit the situation.
Long-form pages on the underlying ideas of Lean — what they are, where they came from, and how they show up in real improvement work.
Plain-English explanations of specific methods we use — 5S, Kanban, Value Stream Mapping, A3, PDCA, Poka-Yoke, Standard Work, Gemba walks. One page per technique, with what it is, how to run it, and where it tends to go wrong.
Each page covers one technique end-to-end — the mechanics, the typical pitfalls, and a worked example. The first pages will land here as they’re finished.
Distilled summaries of the books and articles that shaped how we think about improvement — what’s still useful, what hasn’t aged well, and where the ideas show up in the work we do today.
Starting with the books that come up most in our work — The Toyota Way, The Goal, Learning to See, Out of the Crisis. Each summary will link out to the source.
Practical artefacts you can download and use on your own work — 5S audit checklists, waste walk worksheets, CI readiness self-assessments, and more as we publish them.
We’re preparing the first set of templates for download. Follow Lean 101 on LinkedIn to be notified when they go live.
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