The Lean Strategy – Hamster Notes

Transform your thinking:
- Lean is a strategy and a way of thinking
- 1st pursuit by everyone in the organisation of making things better
- The key of success is not a lean organisation but a lean thinking
- Instead of thinking things big occasionally, make continuous small changes that incrementally improves the company
- this is a learned culture
Build a lean learning environment by allowing employees to apply Kaizen. Kaizen teaches how to identify problems and solve them. Use 4 main tools:
- Setting standards with visual management
- Kanban, fix length tasks
- Allow experimenting
- Learn for Growth (learn how to learn)
Have a people centric approach
Avoid building over complicated processes
Focus on growth rather than cot reduction
Products are a stream of value
Keep on improving systematically
Its the evolution of the technical processes
Innovate with Kaizen
Do meaningful work (engaged employees)
- Derive meaning from progress
- Link to overall company strategy so that employees can see their progress contributing to the whole
Ask yourself:
- How do we satisfy the customer better?
- How do we work easier?
- How do we reduce overall cost?
- How do we learn faster together?
Create an environment where employees can make small mistakes so it also helps them learning by experimenting
Avoid pitfall of returning to the old ways of working, keep at it

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