Lean Post
Articles for the Lean Enterprise Institute‘s Lean Post include:
- Do You Practice Routine Personal Development?
- Developing Better Habits Through A3 Thinking
- Summit Reflections: Knowing What You Need to Improve
- Lean in Japan: the Benefit of an Outsider’s View
- Standout Lessons from the 4th Annual Lean Coaching Summit
- Be More than a Coach, Be a Coach Who Listens
- How To Get Out of the Habit of Telling
- Building Capability, Transforming Organizations
My most popular Lean Post article, “How to Get Out of the Habit of Telling”,was translated into Portuguese and published in Brazil.
Planet Lean
Articles for Planet Lean include:
Other Publications
An article that I wrote for the California Health Information Association titled “Plan-Do-Check-Adjust Framework: A Professional Development Habit” was published in CHIA journal in March 2018
The article focuses on how to use a problem solving framework such as PDCA to support the development of new and better leadership habits.
If you would like PDF of the article, click here.
PODCASTS + VIDEOS
How to Use A3 Thinking
GA 173 | How to Use A3 Thinking with Katie Anderson
Listen on Gemba Academy.
Find visual aids and my summary of the interview on my blog.
Using the Personal Improvement A3 Process
My interview with the Lean Enterprise Institute about my workshop on coaching, recorded at the 2017 Lean Transformation Summit
Watch the video on The Lean Post.
BLOG – KEY POSTS
These are popular posts that highlight my core leadership principles.
Leading Daily Improvement: Creating New Habits and Practices to Support Continuous Improvement
Effective Questions to Support Problem Solving Thinking
“Live less out of habit and more out of intent” – Intentions for 2016
12 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Making Your New Year Resolutions and Goals
Intention and the Art of Meishi (Japanese Business Card) Exchange
Problem-Solving Thinking
The Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) or Plan-Do-Study-Adjust (PDSA) cycles are the basis of the scientific method and are foundational to problem-solving thinking and Lean practices. In my work, I not only help clients learn how to practice structured problem-solving thinking to solve operational or process problems, but also use the same framework to approach personal improvement and create new leadership habits.