Why is it that most lean and six sigma transformations are so complicated?  All too often organizational transformations are loaded with tons of non value-added waste: status reports and senior management presentations that serve little or no purpose,  training provided on tools that can’t or won’t be applied, unsustained and unsustainable changes made, flying people around the country or world, waiting for the right time or resources, long lists of assignments, window dressing.  Applying seven wastes thinking to lean might make transformations a little easier.

Resource + Creativity + Freedom and a Process = Lean Sigma Success