Blogs, Vlogs and other publications

Blogs

Every Friday I post a blog about key ingredients of Lean transformations.

Blog #9 Toyota Kata

The Lean leadership develoment modelby Mascha Westen-Reinders Folmer, Reinders Folmer Consultancy, 16 April, 2021In blog #5, I talked about Lean leadership self development and 2 supporting structures: The Lean leadership development model The Toyota kata Today I will...

Blog #8 Lean leadership development model

The Lean leadership develoment modelby Mascha Westen-Reinders Folmer, Reinders Folmer Consultancy, 9 April, 2021In blog #5, I talked about Lean leadership self development and 2 supporting structures: The Lean leadership development model The Toyota kata Today I will...

Blog #7 Gemba management

Shop floor management, decisions based on first hand knowledgeby Mascha Westen-Reinders Folmer, Reinders Folmer Consultancy, 26 March, 2021In blog #3, I talked about Lean leadership and its 5 main components: Improvement culture: Striving for perfection. Failure in...

Blog #6 Employee development

Employee development is planned continuous learningby Mascha Westen-Reinders Folmer, Reinders Folmer Consultancy, 19 March, 2021In blog #3, I talked about Lean leadership and its 5 main components: Improvement culture: Striving for perfection. Failure in order to...

Blog #5 Self-development for Lean leaders

Self-development: New leadership abilities are vital for Lean Leadersby Mascha Westen-Reinders Folmer, Reinders Folmer Consultancy, 12 March, 2021In blog #3, I talked about Lean leadership and its 5 main components: Improvement culture: Striving for perfection....

Blog #4 Continuous improvement culture

How to create a continuous improvement cultureby Mascha Westen-Reinders Folmer, Reinders Folmer Consultancy, 26 February, 2021In last weeks blog I talked about Lean leadership and its 5 main components: Improvement culture: Striving for perfection. Failure in order to...

Blog #3 Elements of Lean Leadership

5 elements of Lean Leadershipby Mascha Westen-Reinders Folmer, Reinders Folmer Consultancy, 19 February, 2021Lean leadership is not a skill, but a whole system for the sustainable implementation and continuous improvement of Lean. It focusses on the collaboration of...

Blog #2 Why 98% of all Lean transformations fail

Why Only 2% of Lean Transformations Achieve the Anticipated Resultsby Mascha Westen-Reinders Folmer, Reinders Folmer Consultancy, 12 February, 2021A large survey conducted by Industry Week in 2007 found that only 2% of companies that have a Lean programme achieved...

Blog #1 Lean Six Sigma doesn’t work for us

Lean Six Sigma won't work for us, our business is different by Mascha Westen-Reinders Folmer, Reinders Folmer Consultancy, 5 February, 2021   On the off chance that you figure Lean Six Sigma will not work for your organization, you are either uninformed or...

Other publications

On January 1st 2021 I celebrate my 5th anniversary as an independent professional with Reinders Folmer Consultancy. Because of this special occasion I compiled an e-Magazine, which you can download here.

I hope you enjoy reading the magazine and the special anniversary gift I added.

Vlogs

Here are some of my ‘3 tips for …’ video’s.