Chapter 4 System
- Lean Empowerment System Definition:
- A self-organizing body of Lateral Leaders who improve Standard Work in a Kaizen Suggestion System
We can’t control systems or figure them out. But we can dance with them!1
– Donella Meadows
Those who claim, “we have no system” are mistaken; there is always a system. But it might be unintentional. Organizations “Macgyver”2 makeshift systems with administrative duct tape and cardboard committees until a more intentional system arrives. We default to “what works” until we find “what’s right.” Our systems, no matter how intentional or “MacGyvered,” contain artifacts that can be studied.
The goal of this chapter is to help the reader understand systems theories and ...
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