Summary Keywords

Enterprise Excellence, Lean transformation, Kaizen Blitz, strategic alignment, operational excellence, senior leadership, Kaizen teams, visual control, respect for people, continuous improvement, cultural change, management behaviour, employee engagement, process improvement, Lean implementation

Introduction

Welcome to episode 184 of the Enterprise Excellence Podcast. It is such a pleasure to have a legend in the field of Lean, Mr Art Byrne, on the show with us today. Art Byrne has been implementing Lean transformations and strategy for over 30 years with organisations such as Danaher Corporation. Art is the author of the books The Lean Turnaround, Lean Turnaround Action Book and now The Lean Turnaround Answer Book. Today, we will be exploring Art’s 40 years of observations, which have been captured in his latest book. Let’s get into the episode, Art. Thanks for joining us.

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Action Items

1. Download our new article, How to do a Kaizen Blitz download: https://www.enterpriseexcellenceacademy.com/downloads

2. Get Art's book on Amazon: The Lean Turnaround Answer Book: 40 Years of Lean Observation

3. Implement a simple Kanban system to dramatically reduce inventory.

4. Ensure all levels of the organisation, from frontline to senior leadership, are actively engaged in kaizen activities.

5. We can help with this! Get in touch with us to talk about how.

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To learn more about what we do, visit www.enterpriseexcellenceacademy.com.
Thanks for your time, and thanks for helping to create a better future.