Solving Problems by Developing People

INTERVIEW – Top leaders at Chilean company Elecmetal talk to us about how lean has transformed their role in the organization and how capability development is fuelling change. Interviewees: The Elecmetal C-suite Interviewer: Roberto Priolo, Editor, Planet Lean Roberto Priolo: José Pablo, let’s start with you. In a previous article for Planet Lean, you discussed…

Read More

One-Time Customer, Lifelong Customer

FEATURE – We start the new year with a reminder to put customers first, always. It is they who make our business and keep our lean initiatives true, says the author. Words: Michael Ballé Take a pen and the back of an envelope and sketch your business. Indulge me, here. Just draw whatever comes to…

Read More

Digital Transformation Means Adopting a New Culture: Here's How To Do It

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You’re reading Entrepreneur Asia Pacific, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. Today, 70 per cent of companies cite digital transformation as their most critical business development goal, making technology adoption and digital innovation top priorities for the path forward. Freepik Successful digital transformation involves more than following…

Read More

The Year That Was

ROUND-UP – In his annual review of the best content we published, our editor looks back at 2022 and what this year was like for the Lean Community. Words: Roberto Priolo, Managing Editor, Planet Lean It is now a tradition that, at the end of every year, I look back at the past 12 months’…

Read More