As I sit here during our “stay-at-home order” I find myself reflecting on how companies are responding to the pandemic. Many companies are quickly reworking their supply chains and manufacturing process to support new customer requirements, sometimes completely different, compared to what they have...

You have probably heard of the A3 method - the tool made famous by Toyota. We have been using A3s at AS&E for about 5 years now and have built up a fairly extensive library of knowledge using them....

What I love about the Lean Product and Process Development Exchange is that it is a true exchange and opportunity to work with likeminded people facing similar problems with perhaps a different perspective and definitely different contexts. I really like the wide range of ways the different spea...

In this article, let’s reflect on what is leadership buy-in actually means. What leadership is required for a desire to change the company culture? I will argue that the key root cause for failure to sustain cultural changes sits with the inability to effectively demand, to ask for, and coach th...

Raised as a scientist, and transformed through Lean, my work over the past few years has focused on culture. This journey from scientist to “culture guy” has reinforced some interesting observations along the way, the most interesting one to date is this: You already know what a GREAT organization...

Read how baking cookies and front-end development can be releated in this post. ...

LPPDE Chair Peter Palmér shares how he did not end up in Hilton Head, and still was able to summarize the second LPPDE Conference....

I have been fortunate to attend Lean Product and Process Development Exchange Conferences in various locations in Europe and in North America over the last couple of years. I’m looking forward to attend again and meet other experts and influencers face-to-face, and learn best practices within the le...