In previous articles, we established the importance of building "the TEAM" on a foundation of trust and making and keeping promises to deliver on the commitments needed to be successful in the project game. When each player on a team focuses on the end game and delivers to the best of their ability each and every day, the team will succeed. Despite losing their quarterback prior to entering the 2018 NFL playoffs the Philadelphia Eagles were able to put together a string of

In the last LEAN to be GREEN article, "What’s in it for me” we explored the idea that it will take two types of GREEN to motivate the industry for wide spread adoption of Lean Project Delivery. The first GREEN being the higher purpose sustainable GREEN that companies like Interface Carpets adopt that helps to motivate their people to do great work. The working for a higher purpose GREEN helps to create a sustainable advantage that was measured to be 38% higher profit in a stu

There are a number of ways to get your foot in the door to learn lean. It can be as simple as reading a book like "This is Lean", going online to connect with lean practitioners or by joining or starting a Community of Practice. In Saskatoon we were fortunate to have a core group of people interested in creating a Community of Practice (COP), so it made it easy for others to become involved. Organizing our first event was as simple as getting a few people together to disc

As a person who believes in the broad applicability and holistic philosophies of Lean, I recently decided to put theory to the test. I applied the practice of creating a minimum viable product in the form of a pilot 3-hour workshop. This article is the first of two, where the project and primary lean principles are introduced, and then the principles are applied to initiate the planning and development of the workshop. The second article covers the execution, lessons learne