Flow Focused

Flow Focused

Business Agility with Agile and Kanban

Tag: TPS

  • Rethinking Retrospectives

    I sometimes get asked by managers if they should add the action items created in their team retrospective meetings to their kanban boards. More explicit management of retrospective outputs happens when managers start getting unsatisfied with their teams’ progress at improving their metrics, shortening their lead times, or meeting their commitments. They believe by visualizing…

  • Comparing and Remixing the Gemba Walk

    Comparing and Remixing the Gemba Walk

    One practice I often see organizations adopt but struggle with is Gemba Walks. Gemba Walks, sometimes called “go and sees,” originated from the Toyota Production System, and the principle behind them is that to truly understand what is going on, you have to go where the work gets done and see what is happening. The…