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lean enterprises bridge the gap between goals and results.

Executive Leadership

The Outcomes Engine: How Lean Turns Ambition Into Results

The question isn't whether uncertainty exists in 2026—of course it does. It's whether your organization is built to perform and…

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Forget the Ping Pong Table: How to Truly Put People First

Forget the Ping-Pong Table: How to Truly Put People First

Culture isn’t created by perks—it’s made by purpose, mastery, and mutual respect. A leader’s guide to building teams that thrive…

By James Morgan, PhD on December 18, 2025

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Coach at Viwinco with AI person drawn into photo

Problem Solving

Lean AI Journal | When the Gemba Outruns Your Knowledge: The “Third Coach” in the Room

When standardized work failed to fix a complex defect, Viwinco built a "Third Coach" using AI. Here is how bridging…

By Tyson Heaton on December 17, 2025

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The Design Brief | People First: Are you investing in your human assets?

Product & Process Development

The Design Brief | People First: Are you investing in your human assets?

In this edition of The Design Brief, we explore why people—not ideas or technology—determine the success of innovation. While organizations…

By Larry Navarre on December 11, 2025

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Digital hands type a weave of digital code.

Executive Leadership

Lean AI Journal | Everyone Is Now a Developer: New Jobs in the Age of AI

AI tools are dissolving barriers, turning everyone into a developer. This shift empowers individuals and disrupts traditional corporate control over…

By Matthew Savas on December 10, 2025

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The Design Brief | Cutting through the Noise in Tech: Sarah Milstein’s Advice for Leaders Who Want to Keep People Focused on Value Creation

Product & Process Development

The Design Brief | Cutting through the Noise in Tech: Sarah Milstein’s Advice for Leaders Who Want to Keep People Focused on Value Creation

Sarah Milstein shares practical guidance for engineering and product leaders on building respectful cultures, streamlining roles, and sustaining lean product…

By Sarah Milstein and Lex Schroeder on December 4, 2025

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A hand is pulling a single glowing orange strand of light out of a complex, swirling sphere of multi-colored digital wires and fibers. Labels like 'HYPOTHESIS,' 'EVIDENCE,' 'REVISION,' and 'CONFUSION' are superimposed around the sphere. The lower right corner contains a logo for 'LEAN AI JOURNAL.' The image represents the process of extracting insight or clarity from complex, data-rich systems.

Executive Leadership

Lean AI Journal | Lean and AI?

Unravel the complexity of data into actionable insight. Discover how to use the iterative Lean AI loop—Hypothesis, Evidence, Revision—to cut…

By Regis Medina on December 3, 2025

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The Management Brief |  The Lean Transformation Framework throughout 2025  

Problem Solving

The Management Brief |  The Lean Transformation Framework throughout 2025  

Revisiting 2025's best Management Brief stories through the lens of the Lean Transformation Framework's five questions and what they reveal…

By Josh Howell and Mark Reich on December 2, 2025

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three mechanisms to move from the danger zone to the winning zone: 1. Slowification 2. Simplification 3. Amplification

Problem Solving

From Toyota to Tech: Wiring Organizations to Win 

Steve Spear revealed how leading organizations compete on problem-solving speed—not cost-cutting dashboards or firefighting heroics. Watch the full webinar to…

By Lean Enterprise Institute on December 1, 2025

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The Design Brief | Keeping Our Humanity in Tech: Julia Austin on Why It Pays to Put People First in Product Development 

Product & Process Development

The Design Brief | Keeping Our Humanity in Tech: Julia Austin on Why It Pays to Put People First in Product Development 

In this episode of The Design Brief, Julia Austin—executive fellow at Harvard Business School and former tech leader at companies…

By Julia Austin on November 20, 2025

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A digital illustration of an andon pull cord glowing yellow against a dark blue data-center background, symbolizing the intersection of traditional lean tools and modern AI technology. The Lean AI Journal logo appears in the bottom-right corner.

Executive Leadership

Lean AI Journal | Technology Is the Easy Piece of the Equation: Impact = Technology × Behavior × Management

Technology alone rarely delivers impact. Art Smalley explains why true improvement comes from the interaction of technology, behavior, and management—and…

By Art Smalley on November 19, 2025

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Line Management

Team Leaders — The Engine of Toyota’s Performance 

Learn why a team leader role is virtually impossible to replicate without the proper structure — and why most lean…

By Lean Enterprise Institute on November 17, 2025

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