John Hunter has asked me again this year to participate, and for me it is a great honor and privilege, in the global examination of best blogs and online resources in management improvement, in particular lean thinking.
Each year John publishes the roundup of best blogs, and you can find all the previous years articles on the Curious Cat website here. Or browse the entire blog review category here.
I have agreed with John to evaluate two of the blogs from Lean Enterprise Institute, one individual and of enormous value for its readers, Gemba Coach by Michael Ballé, and one collective The Lean Post where the name of the game is collaboration and sharing of ideas (and some fun too…).
Today is the turn of The Lean Post. You can read my reflections on Gemba Coach here.
What is The Lean Post? It is a blog created by LEI whose mission is clearly stated: Sharing how the world is making things better through lean.
It is a community blog where anybody can submit their posts, their comments and their ideas. It started in June 2013, and many articles were published and shared in the meantime. If you want to understand how you can also publish on The Lean Post, read this post.
Some of the articles and some of the best ideas i got from The Lean Post this year:
- Problems solved=Job security by Tracey Richardson
- How to create a complete process that you own by Mark Weich
- Got an idea? Pause and reflect by Olga Flory
- What is TPM by Ellis New
- Why lean can be applied everywhere by Art Byrne
- The next frontier of lean: The Lean Government by Dan Jones
- Just ask: “What is the mission of the operator with the tool I’ve just introduced?” by Michael Ballé
- Fast guide for kaizen events by Art Byrne
- And, in the end, a fantastic bracket to decide Who’s lean in TV, which has come to the final two: Mr. Miyagi against Gregory House. Simply GREAT!
For all of you, have fun reading these ideas!
As a final word, I would just like to thank John Hunter for allowing me to share some of my thoughts on these blogs, and we’ll keep in touch for the next year’s Carnival!
