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Event Lean

Event Lean

Posted on 5 December 2023 by

Is it just me, and I’m going to show my age now, but do we all seem to collectively celebrate holidays with much more gusto than we ever used to? […]

The Traffic Analogy

The Traffic Analogy

Posted on 27 October 2023 by

For the last few weeks Wales, and indeed it would seem the entire UK (?!), was gripped in the middle of the dystopian NIGHTMARE that is 20 MPHgate.  As part […]

Powerpoint Sneaky Lean

Powerpoint Sneaky Lean

Posted on 30 July 2023 by

One of the key tools of the Toyota Production System is an ‘A3’.  It’s basically a live project plan on a page. On one piece of A3 sized paper.  (I […]

Vaccine Lean – The Dawn of the Water Spider

Vaccine Lean – The Dawn of the Water Spider

Posted on 25 October 2022 by

One of my favourite things to do is ... encounter a slightly less than optimal service experience where I can very quickly identify a series of things that could be […]

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

Posted on 28 August 2022 by

My first job in the Lean Enterprise Research Centre was to understand how to apply an operations management methodology, which had originated in manufacturing, to that of a service environment.   […]

Tesla Tales

Tesla Tales

Posted on 5 July 2022 by

Last week a valued associate of Cardiff Business School drove me to a meeting in his brand new Tesla.  I have only ever seen them in car parks and in […]

Carrots, Sticks and Buckets of Time Tricks

Carrots, Sticks and Buckets of Time Tricks

Posted on 5 May 2022 by

One of the difficult jobs of any leader is to get people to do something differently or to get them to do what you need them to do.  If only […]

The Great Pandemic Pause

The Great Pandemic Pause

Posted on 4 April 2022 by

At the beginning of the pandemic I wrote a remarkably positive (particularly for me) blog about how I could see that necessity was triggering a miraculous transformation in services.  The […]

Vaccine Lean

Vaccine Lean

Posted on 29 December 2021 by

I was absolutely delighted to receive my 3rd ‘booster’ vaccine a couple of weeks ago. Having been tremendously grateful for 2 x AstraZenecas, I have to confess that for my […]

[Let us] Help [you] to Grow: Management

[Let us] Help [you] to Grow: Management

Posted on 5 September 2021 by

Guest post by Dr. Jane Lynch, Programme Director of Help to Grow In 2019, Welsh Government estimated there were 267,000 enterprises active in Wales with 95% of these registered as […]