Lean was once the disruptive technology that it now fears. It wasn't digital technology, but a methodology, which is basically software before software was a thing.

At the same time, we wonder why CEOs haven't taken the level of interest in Lean as we would prefer. However, CEOs are very interested in technology. Why is this?

How can we, as CI pros, better position ourselves on the forefront of the digital revolution and peak more interest from executive leaders?

Find out in this next episode of the Impruver's Podcast.

Being Lean Six Sigma certified is probably not what it sounds like. In fact, holding this certification doesn't mean you have even a basic understanding of Lean.

Most LSS cert programs are Six Sigma training with a bit of Lean sprinkled on top.

While both are intended to improve processes, Lean is fundamentally different from Six Sigma in ways that do not translate - at all.

This podcast episode breaks down the difference between the two disciplines and describes what a more apt Lean Six Sigma Certification program would look like.

There is an enormous chasm between what AI can do for Lean and CI leaders, and what is actually being put to good use.

We see headlines all the time about new models being released and how AI is changing the world around us. As CI leaders, we can find ourselves caught up on the wrong side of disruption if we don't get ahead of the game.

This episode of The Impruvers Podcase shares 15 ways Lean and CI leaders should be using AI right now. Not in 2 years - but today!

The episode discusses the advantages of partnering with tech companies that play in the CI space to help prioritize features and functionality that you need right now.

Many of us don't realize how receptive tech innovators would be to this type of input. For a CI tech entrepreneur, this type of partnership would be invaluable on both sides.

What went wrong with Lean in America?

Spoiler Alert: It's not leadership's fault.

This episode of The Impruvers Podcast explores why Lean has struggled to get a footing in America and other places in the world.

I also provide a way of thinking that opens up a world of possibilities for how we move forward, leveraging America's greatest unfair advantage to generate a competitive edge.

If we want to ensure that we are exercising every possible competitive advantage, we should maintain a working knowledge (and be using) the best technology available to build cultures of Continuous Improvement.

There are several amazing options available for Lean Management Software. These solutions range from turbocharged digital suggestion boxes to fully functional AI Lean Machines that include everything from Lean Six Sigma certification to automated assignment of Lean tools on demand.

This episode shares the top 7 Lean Management Software solutions to help you accelerate transformation.

Lean Management software leverages the latest and greatest advancements in technology to help amplify the impact of Lean activity.

It brings automation to much of the administrative aspects of building a Lean culture such as:

- Reporting results

- Promoting success stories

- Calculating and totaling CI impact across the company

- Recognition and rewards

- Following up

- Centralizing projects and tools

- Recalling past Lean activity for continuous learning and improvement

- Training

- Responding to performance issues

- Coaching to set goals, scope projects, and apply tools more effectively

- Soliciting and managing improvement ideas

- ...and so much more!

Lean Management Software helps teams get much more mileage from their Continuous Improvement activity. It brings entire organizations along in the journey while accelerating the pace of improvement.

It's true that great work speaks for itself - but that's not the whole truth, especially for Continuous Improvement professionals.

You also need to advocate for yourself. The people around you probably don't know how to advocate for you. They won't be able to properly articulate the value that you bring to the organization.

We like to think that doing great projects and delivering savings and other impacts are enough. However, when peopl ask you "what do you do here?" and it takes you 5 minutes to answer, you've already lost them. And if you can't answer this question for yourself, how can others answer it for you when you're not in the room.

This is just one of several great topics covered in this episode about how you, as a Continuous Improvement leader, can amplify your impact in your organization.

Leaders develop people, who improve processes, that serve the customer.

When leaders think it's their role to be the hero and fix processes themselves, skipping past the entire infrastructure of people that are there to maintain business operations, then there's a problem.

The buyers market within the labor force that leaders have enjoyed for the last century or so have led to an environment where frontline workers are treated as a disposable resource.

This is no longer the reality. This podcast episode addresses some of these leadership assumptions and provides some ideas on how to better manage a company's most valuable asset - their own people.