It's not an overstatement to say Lean thinking is all about customer value. Anything that does not create customer value is waste and should be eliminated.
July 7, 2016 | Authored By: Steve Bell
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Big data has already demonstrated many successes, and experts assert that cognitive computing systems can actually make the context behind decision making “computable,” acting as a proxy for human intuition. It is that convergence — human creativity supported by relevant information — that offers the greatest potential.
August 18, 2016 | Authored By: Steve Bell, Karen Whitley Bell
This article shows how Agile is attempting to scale from a small, inwardly focused, team-based set of tools to an organizationally inclusive set of tools. The article asserts that Lean is a necessary adjunct to Agile ideas in order to operate at scale, particularly the Lean concept of the value stream. (Not a client? Download your complimentary copy of this article now.)
June 30, 2015 | Authored By: Steve Bell
How do we ensure that we are getting the most from big data, cognitive computing, and whatever lies beyond, to improve the probability of making the right decisions, in the right context, and for the right reasons? We believe that lessons learned in over five decades of Lean Thinking can help guide us forward in this journey, and we will use examples from the financial services industry to illustrate them.
July 7, 2016 | Authored By: Karen Whitley Bell, Steve Bell