Cut the Fat

Use lean learning to demonstrate business impact.

Many people toss around the term lean vigorously without a true appreciation for what it means or implies. For many, the first instinct is that lean is about slashing budgets to reduce costs. That is far from the truth.

Lean thinking, as James Womack and David Jones initially defined in their book on the concept, is a collaborative performance improvement effort that systematically removes waste and seeks out value within processes, pursuing perf