Lean – a strategy on the path towards Nirvana
In the previous post, The balancing act of getting to process efficiency Nirvana, I wrote about the difficulty of balancing resource efficiency and flow efficiency towards processing efficiency...
View ArticleShrink the change
Why don’t you try some other dish this time says my wife to me when we are at the restaurant. No, I like this one I say. And why change when I have found something I like? This is me. I’m very...
View ArticleAgile LEGO – Toyota Kata an alternative to Retrospectives
My name is Håkan Forss and I’m a Lean/Agile Coach at Avega Group in Stockholm. In this short story I want to introduce Toyota Kata as an alternative or as a complement to agile retrospectives. But let...
View ArticleDevSum 12 – Toyota Kata – ett alternativ till retrospektiv?
This is my Swedish slides for my session “Toyota Kata – ett alternativ till retrospektiv?” at DevSum 12. Filed under: Agile, Kanban, Lean Tagged: Agile, Kanban, Lean, LEGO, Public speaking,...
View ArticleLESS!
I’m happy to announce that the collection of business transformation essays called LESS!, that I co-authored, is now published. It is free and you can get it here. When you have read it, please write a...
View ArticleKanban Leadership Retreat 2012 summary #klrat
This is the second time I have had the great opportunity to attend a Kanban Leadership Retreat organized by David J. Anderson and Associate. The Kanban Leadership Retreat is an invitation only...
View ArticleHow can we help Kanban go mainstream – Kanban Leadership Retreat 2012 session...
In this session we talked about how we can help Kanban Crossing the Chasm. There are signs that Kanban is moving out of the early adopters phase and a new way of getting the message out is needed to...
View ArticleLean LEGO – The red brick cancer
Let me tell you two short stories of two Swedish women in their thirties. We will follow them both through their interaction with the Swedish healthcare system. We will start with Maria. Required waste...
View ArticleAgile LEGO – Kanban Kata getting started
Recently I ran a Toyota Kata style retrospective meeting at a new client. In this post I will share how I set it up and how it went. Please take a look at Agile LEGO – Toyota Kata an alternative to...
View ArticleLean Kanban Conference Tour 2012
Join me on my Lean Kanban Conference Tour 2012 Here are the Tour dates Lean Kanban France, 18-19 Oct in Paris #LKFR12 Lean Kanban Central Europe, 22-23 Oct in Vienna #LKCE12 Lean Kanban Netherlands,...
View ArticleActivate Your Team
What to learn more about Toyota Kata and Kanban Kata? Taka a look at the following links http://hakanforss.wordpress.com/tag/kanban-kata/ http://hakanforss.wordpress.com/tag/toyota-kata/...
View ArticleMay the Forss be with you–Lean Kanban Central Europe 2012
Here are the slides from my lightning talk at Lean Kanban Central Europe 2012 #LKCE12. I will add a link to the video as it comes online as this makes the talk more justice Filed under: Kanban, Lean...
View ArticleKanban Kata – Lean Kanban European Conference Tour 2012
This SlideShare is the updated version of the presentation I gave at Lean Kanban France 2012 (#LKFR12), Lean Kanban Central Europe 2012 (#LKCE12) and Lean Kanban Netherlands 2012 (#LKNL12) Filed under:...
View ArticleI’m speaking at Jfokus 2013 – Stop doing Retrospective and start your Toyota...
On the 6th of February at 14:00 I will speak at Jfokus 2013 in Stockholm. Please join me and learn about Toyota Kata in my session Stop doing Retrospective and start your Toyota Kata Here is a short...
View ArticleThe red brick cancer ACE! Conf 2013-04-16
This is the presentation I gave at ACE! Conference in Krakow the 16th of April. Related post: Lean LEGO – The red brick cancer Filed under: Lean Tagged: Agile, Lean, LEGO, Public speaking
View ArticleHabits of Kanban process improvements
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle. What are the routines you need to put in place to continuously strive for excellence? What are the habits...
View ArticleStop Doing Retrospectives – Agile Adria 2013
You have been doing agile for a few years now. With a regular cadence you have retrospectives and a lot of problems and great improvement opportunities are raised but nothing seems to really...
View ArticleLean Agile Scotland – The RED brick cancer goes to Edinburgh
Come and join med at Lean Agile Scotland on the 19th of September and listen to my presentation on The RED brick cancer. It really looks like it going to be an interesting conference with lots of...
View ArticleThe RED brick cancer – Lean Agile Scotland 2013-09-19
It was great to get to Edinburgh and be able to present at Lean Agile Scotland. Unfortunately there was some technical issues in the beginning of the session. Sorry about that! Hope you enjoyed the...
View ArticleFlow Thinking – The Mental Leaps
Last week I had the great pleasure to co-present with Erik Schön at the Lean Kanban Central Europe conference. In our session “Flow Thinking – The Mental Leaps” we shared some of the mental leaps...
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