Introducing The Lean Edge
Professor Sobek and I had an invitation recently to participate in a new website called The Lean Edge with some fellow lean authors. The concept is that various authors will be asked a question by a...
View ArticleA3 Mistakes to Avoid
Austin Weber of Assembly Magazine does a nice job summarizing some of the common mistakes to avoid in creating A3 reports. Visit this link below to read his write up. Click here for the link to...
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A3 Thinking Poster
A client recently asked if I had a poster for A3 thinking that they could post on meeting room walls and other locations for the purposes of general communication. I did not have one but agreed to...
View ArticleCommon Mistakes in A3 Report Writing
Assembly Magazine did an article similar to this topic some type a while ago. At a recent client off site meeting I was asked to briefly discuss common mistakes I see made in A3 reports. The list is...
View ArticleWhen to write an A3 report?
A reader named Vimal from a processing company writes in this week with the following question: Organizations encounter a number of problems of extremely different variety, importance and scale on a...
View ArticleA3 Communication Advice
A client asked me to give some pointers pertaining to A3 presentations and communication points. Here is a list of ten things that I mentioned and a few words of advice pertaining to each point. The...
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A3 Mentoring Advice
In general I like to think that there are three invisible pillars for A3 reports. One pillar is good old fashioned problem solving. A second pillar is communication and collaboration. A third pillar...
View ArticleWebinar on A3 Thinking
Recently I was asked to give a presentation via Webinar on the topic of A3 Thinking by OPS Group, Inc. For the audience I agreed to post my presentation slides on-line in pdf format. Here is a link to...
View ArticleReader Question on Process Implementation to Prof. Sobek
Hi Mr Sobek, My name is Michael from Indonesia. I found your article regarding A3 process in http://www.montana.edu/dsobek/a3/. As it is stated, A3 is a really powerful tools to find the root cause of...
View ArticleWelcome to the A3 Thinking Blog
Welcome to the A3 Thinking Blog. From time to time the authors of A3 Thinking will post articles or updates pertaining to the book A3 Thinking. Drop by and visit when you have free time or send the...
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