Webinar video archive now available
After experimenting for a few months with video editing and hosting, we are glad to finally provide you with a recording of our two most recent webinars: Goal-Setting and Lean: Solving the Problems...
View ArticleWhat is the Lean Mindset?
We have known for a long time that our assumptions and attitudes impact our behaviors. In the Nicomachean Ethics, for example, Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) discusses the connection between habits,...
View ArticleDon’t bring me solutions, bring me problems!
In my last blog post, I talked about the Lean Mindset as a growth mindset, in which we are always seeking to embrace new learning and development, even when faced with great obstacles. Leaders who...
View ArticleTen Rules for Effective Lean Leaders
We hope you will enjoy this video, which has been retweeted to more than one million people since its release. …
View ArticlePaging Dr. House: Extending Kaizen with Differential Diagnosis
One of my favorite TV shows of all time is “House, M.D.”. It is the story of Dr. Gregory House, the somewhat dysfunctional but brilliant diagnostician who, usually under a great deal of time pressure,...
View ArticleLean in the Social Era: Challenges and Opportunities
Last September my friend Nilofer Merchant published a very thought-provoking Harvard Business Review e-book called “11 Rules for Creating Value in the #SocialEra” At first I thought I would write a...
View ArticleThe Mystery of the Red Dots: An Example of Leadership Failure
A few days ago I had lunch with “Ted”, a highly respected veteran in the management consulting world. A few years ago, he ran a regional office for a large, global firm. Ted told me a great story about...
View ArticleLean and Employee Engagement
Engaged employees perform better, are more motivated, are less likely to quit and are more likely to be good ambassadors for the firm and its brand. They also tend to exhibit a higher state of...
View ArticleWhy you are not doing more Great Work
The other morning I had another great conversation with Michael Bungay Stanier, a friend of mine who has spent the last decade helping people shift from Good Work to Great Work. Michael’s company, Box...
View ArticleNovember 21 Seminar in Silicon Valley
Beyond Lean Basics: Designing a Learning Organization In this full-day seminar you will learn how to make your company a Learning Organization, one that can innovate and execute faster than its...
View ArticleIs excellence an authentic part of your brand?
A few weeks ago I wanted to squeeze in a late workout, but arrived at my local Gold’s Gym to find that they had closed early for the Labor Day Weekend. I had checked their web site beforehand, but they...
View ArticleDeveloping a Leadership Style
What is Leadership? As the administrative tasks of managers have become more automated, leadership has grown in popularity as a topic. It is often treated as something mysterious and ephemeral, more of...
View ArticleThe Post-Lean Future
Today we are releasing three new white papers: Extending Lean for Knowledge Work: A Retrospective Lean Leadership in a Disruptive World Higher-Order Organizations and the Post-Lean Future These papers...
View ArticleValue Creation in the Post-Lean Future
Today we are releasing a new e-book on organizational renewal. It should be of interest to private equity investors, board members and senior executives in mature firms looking for new ways to create...
View ArticleThemes: Where is Lean Headed?
Today we released a small, but important new section on our web site called Themes. The Themes section helps new visitors navigate three key areas of research and client work for the Lean Systems...
View ArticlePost-Lean and Higher-Order Organizations: Building the Future
Keynote at the 2015 Smidig Conference in Oslo, Norway on November 2, 2015. It was interesting and rewarding to speak to an audience in the city where I was born, grew up and founded my very first...
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Telling the Post-Lean Story…everywhere.
http://www.leansystemsinstitute.com/dl/Frode_Odegard_Oslo_June_2016_Shifter.mp3 On June 15, 2016, we held a public workshop hosted at Google’s offices in Norway, a country with tremendous oil wealth...
View ArticlePost-Lean: New Horizons for Corporate Innovation
On October 5, 2016, we held a webinar introducing Post-Lean Thinking from a corporate innovation perspective. Here is the recording.…
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