The Preconditions for Lean

by Thomas Cox and Andre de Merchant

Now you know why Lean adoption fails.

Here’s what’s next.

Lean has tools. The missing piece is the executive-level human system -- a system that reliably, repeatably creates the emotional preconditions that allow fear to be transcended, not suppressed.

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The Preconditions for Lean

Lean fails 70-90% of the time. Not because the tools are wrong. Because the executive conditions that make the tools work were never installed.

We built an A3 that names the root cause and proposes a remedy. We want you to read it and tell us where our thinking breaks down.

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