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Problem Solving

Lean AI Journal | When the Gemba Outruns Your Knowledge: The “Third Coach” in the Room

When standardized work failed to fix a complex defect, Viwinco built a “Third Coach” using AI. Here is how bridging the technical capability gap turned a frustrated manufacturing team into autonomous, scientific problem solvers.

Article by Tyson Heaton

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Product & Process Development

The Design Brief | People First: Are you investing in your human assets?

In this edition of The Design Brief, we explore why people—not ideas or technology—determine the success of innovation. While organizations often celebrate tools and breakthroughs, the real differentiator is how teams learn, collaborate, and grow. Lean Product and Process Development (LPPD) offers a framework for developing people through meaningful work, experimentation, and servant leadership, helping leaders build systems that strengthen capability, reduce rework, and spark creativity. Investing deeply in human development isn’t optional—it’s the most powerful driver of long-term innovation and organizational performance.

Article by Larry Navarre

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Problem Solving

The Management Brief |  The Lean Transformation Framework throughout 2025  

Revisiting 2025’s best Management Brief stories through the lens of the Lean Transformation Framework’s five questions and what they reveal about transformation.

Article by Josh Howell and Mark Reich

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