lean knowledge

All articles about lean knowledge

From isolated to collective intelligence
May 7, 2025
From isolated to collective intelligence

FEATURE – Learn how Lean Thinking and the establishment of Communities of Practice are transforming automotive reconditioning at Aramis Group.

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Yokoten – capturing and sharing best practices
April 30, 2025
Yokoten – capturing and sharing best practices

FEATURE – To accelerate learning and change, don’t copy blindly—observe, adapt, and apply with purpose. That’s how yokoten drives real transformation, argues the author.

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Ballé, Jones and Chaize on reusable learning in lean
September 6, 2016
Ballé, Jones and Chaize on reusable learning in lean

FEATURE - Effectively dealing with a problem means learning to solve it in a variety of scenarios, not perfecting a point solution. For too long in lean we have only focused on gaining reusable knowledge... but what about reusable learning?

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Fancy a cup of lean coffee?
October 28, 2019
Fancy a cup of lean coffee?

FEATURE – What started as the idea of two friends to meet up and discuss their lean journeys turned into a regular get-together of lean practitioners in the Cape Town area. Another example of the importance of sharing.

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Five lean practitioners answer the same question #5
September 28, 2016
Five lean practitioners answer the same question #5

ONE QUESTION, FIVE ANSWERS – With this month’s question we try to understand what lean idea or principle our interviewees would have liked to learn sooner or better in their journey. So, heads up… You might be in a similar situation.

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