Monthly Archives: June 2012

Resilience, Adaptability and Transformability with Kanban

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Patrick Steyaert

Resilience “Imagine you are on a boat docked in a calm harbor and you want to quickly carry a brim-full cup of water across a stateroom without spilling. Now imagine the same situation but with the boat in rough seas. … Continue reading →

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When change is the bottleneck

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Patrick Steyaert

A couple of weeks ago I was doing an in-company Kanban workshop. I knew the team that participated in the workshop from before. I had been working briefly with them a few years ago. From the moment people started coming … Continue reading →

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Lead time, Loopbacks, Leadership and Learning – 4L root cause analysis of programme performance

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Patrick Steyaert

Recently I was asked with a colleague to perform a root cause analysis of a large transformation programme. The expectation of the customer was not to perform an assessment of the programme against a best-practice model but really to find … Continue reading →

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Discovery and the whole systems Kanban

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Patrick Steyaert

The whole systems view and deliberate discovery The focus of Lean is on delivering value. The purpose is to deliver value for the business that pays for it. Value of the product is not in the delivery but in the use … Continue reading →

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