Comments on: Helping Make A3 Work, Part 3 http://jamieflinchbaugh.com/2009/11/helping-make-a3-work-part-3/ on lean culture, transformational leadership, and entrepreneurial excellence Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:53:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jamie Flinchbaugh http://jamieflinchbaugh.com/2009/11/helping-make-a3-work-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Jamie Flinchbaugh Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:27:36 +0000 http://jamieflinchbaugh.com/2009/11/helping-make-a3-work-part-3/#comment-168 Absolutely Bob. Lack of understanding what is ACTUALLY happening versus what is SUPPOSED TO happen is a key to success in any lean practice, whether A3 or kaizen. The quality of our problem solving and decision making is a function of the quality of our understanding of the current reality. Absolutely Bob. Lack of understanding what is ACTUALLY happening versus what is SUPPOSED TO happen is a key to success in any lean practice, whether A3 or kaizen. The quality of our problem solving and decision making is a function of the quality of our understanding of the current reality.

]]> By: Bob Marshall http://jamieflinchbaugh.com/2009/11/helping-make-a3-work-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Bob Marshall Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:46:03 +0000 http://jamieflinchbaugh.com/2009/11/helping-make-a3-work-part-3/#comment-167 Really helpful series on A3s, Jamie. Another classic "biggest mistake" in using A3s is failing to go to the gemba to discover what's really happening, and the real issues, instead doing an A3 at a distance, imagining one knows the reality of the problem and basing one's A3 on that (flawed) understanding. Really helpful series on A3s, Jamie.

Another classic “biggest mistake” in using A3s is failing to go to the gemba to discover what’s really happening, and the real issues, instead doing an A3 at a distance, imagining one knows the reality of the problem and basing one’s A3 on that (flawed) understanding.

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