Change: Apply LEAN to embed continual improvement

Install LEAN for a continuous improvement engine. The five steps of the LEAN process are:

1. Defining customer value;
2. Defining the value stream;
3. Making it flow;
4. Pulling from the customer back; and
5. Striving for excellence.

LEAN focuses on implementing the high-level principles of long-term thinking, eliminating waste from work processes, respecting people and partners and con-tinuously learning and improving.

Related Best Practices

• Lean
• Changing Your Organization
• The Living Company - Learning Organizations

Author

The author of this page is Terry Gardiner

Terry Gardiner is the founder and President of Silver Lining Seafoods and NorQuest Seafoods - a medium-size Alaska seafood processing company; and currently a Board member of the Anvil Corporation, an employee-owned company specializing in oil and gas engineering.

His co-operative experiences include member director of the Commercial Fishermen Co-operative association; creation of legislation for the Alaska Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank; and advisor to the US Dept of Health and Social Services for the state Health CO-OPs.

Terry served ten years as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives -several legislative committee chairmanships, Speaker of the House, Chairman of the Alaska Criminal Code Commission and board member on various state and federal boards and commissions.

His non-profit experiences include National Policy Director for the Small Business Majority in Washington DC; working with the Herndon Alliance and ForTerra.

Terry authored the leadership book, "Six-Word Lessons to Build Effective Leaders: 100 Lessons to Equip Your People to Create Winning Organizations".

For more check: Terry Gardiner Long bio