Lean Leadership Lessons from Lantech (video)

Jon.
Many thanks for posting this article.
Every lean advocate should watch this video and learn. The manager for Lantech has a brilliant understanding of the issues that block the uptake of lean on a shop floor.
At the end of this great video there are links to my hero Jim Womack. People should view him answering the 5 questions. It takes 9 minutes but could change the rest of your working life.
The manager of Lantech has an objective to make his employees work day as happy and interesting as possible. I totally support this ideal. If you treat people correctly most of them will respond. As long as those who do not want to know are not disruptive the Lean process can move forward.
I agree that there are more problems getting the correct buy in from management. They think they know it all. How wrong they are.
This article is about shop floor Lean. There is a difference between it and Office / Management Lean.
I would judge the Managers by how good they are at the none shop floor Lean. They are probably very poor and that is were you need Consultants to show them the LIGHT.
As long as people stick to PDCA then there should only be positive steps made.
Have a nice day.
This has made a good day into a great day.
Go to the shop floor and “SEE” what is happening.
If I ever get any spare money I will buy shares in Lantech.

Mahendiran.
Many thanks for your comments. I totally agree with you.
I was beginning to think that people were stopping answering Jon’s blogs because they did not like my comments.
I thought we were all adults and able to express our own opinions.
The plant where I learned Lean made NUMMI look like a walk in the park for John Shook. I know what hard to do is. I did not read it in a book or have the whole of the Toyota Empire behind me. But the job got done.
The most important people in any company are the investors. Without them putting up their hard earned cash there would be no companies to write all of that good stuf called Lean about.
You do not change people and companies by backing off. Life is not that simple.
I will in future read these Blogs but not post a point of view out of respect for Jon.
Have a nice day.