by Lee Fried, on 11 May 2006 09:25 am
The Journey
It is the Work
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As the organization moves forward in it’s LEAN journey and takes on more ambitious change it is important that we avoid the assertion that LEAN is about projects. Projects have a beginning and an end. LEAN never ends. To avoid this pitfall it will be important for the leaders of the organization to ensure that LEAN strategy will build alignment across departments and help them achieve their departmental goals. This means that senior leadership needs to ensure the each departmental strategy is in perfect alignment with the overall organizational strategy. LEAN cannot be successful if it is viewed as additional work that managers need to complete on top of their regular jobs. Instead, it needs to become the actual method by which managers go about doing their jobs better. LEAN is the work, not a project!