Art Smalley, Author at Art of Lean

Art of Lean on Coaching Problem Solving, Part 2 – Lessons from the NBA

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Art Smalley

In part 2 of this series Art Smalley continues his look at coaching problem solving from various vantage points outside of Lean. This time he "steals" and example from an NBA coach Dylan Murphy and makes some comparisons between coaching in the NBA an Lean Coaching. In particular he concludes with 10 things he thinks we could learn from the NBA and do better. &...

Art of Lean on Coaching Problem Solving, Part 1 – Framework Discussion

Posted on April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 by Art Smalley

This is part of a new series of short videos that we shot for the Lean Enterprise Institute. The first video talks about a general framework Art Smalley uses when thinking about coaching problem solving. Too often we view the problem from one narrow lens or vantage point. In the upcoming videos Art will share some examples from other areas outside of the normal lean landscape f...

My 10 Favorite Problem Solving Quotes

Posted on February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 by Art Smalley

I love problems solving. It was my favorite thing to learn and work on early in my career and still is today. Something about the feeling and sense of accomplishment whenever you are able to wrestle a problem into submission and eliminate it from recurring. Most of my books and work I do for clients involves problem solving in some form or other. Everything is problem solving i...

10 Tips for Coaching Problem Solving

Posted on February 6, 2020February 6, 2020 by Art Smalley

Have you ever struggled to give good coaching advice to someone delivering a problem solving presentation? Giving good feedback is difficult and takes practice. Giving feedback however is just one small part of coaching. In this video below I give some thoughts pertaining to the overall process of coaching and improving problem solving skills. I gave this presentation to one...

Situational Leadership, Toyota Style Coaching, & 4 Types of Problems

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Art Smalley

Here is an 18 minute video I made about my experiences with Situational Leadership Theory, Coaching Styles in Toyota, and my latest book 4 Types of Problems. If you enjoy the video please hit like and subscribe on YouTube and that will be my signal to make more of these. And for those interested please sign up for the free introductory course on 4 Types of Problems over at Prob...

4 Types of Problems Hotel Nightmare (Video)

Posted on January 17, 2020January 17, 2020 by Art Smalley

Here is a recent example of something that happened to me in a hotel room at a lean conference! I decided to make a short video example out of the whole situation and turn it into a short lesson on the topic of 4 Types of Problems!

Toyota’s Lean Living City?

Posted on January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 by Art Smalley

Sounds pretty interesting. Only the Japanese could somehow combine homes with intricate woodworking joinery and robots. https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/6/21052324/toyota-woven-city-japan-bjarke-ingels-ces-2020 https://www.forbes.com/sites/nargessbanks/2020/01/07/ces-2020-toyota-future-city/#2738e31711c7

New Problem Solving Mastery Website

Posted on November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 by Art Smalley

This post is to officially announce my newest website problemsolvingmastery.com!!! In the view below I will explain some of the initial thoughts behind the site. I will be piloting some things between now and the end of the year and have some new content ready for 2020 as well. The site is still under development but stable enough to have visitors and host content. In the links...

GBMP NE Lean Conference Slides and Video Announcement

Posted on November 26, 2019February 6, 2020 by Art Smalley

Here is a video announcement pertaining to my presentation at the 15th annual North East Lean Conference in Hartford Connecticut by the Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership. I was privileged and honored to give the closing key note presentation and talk about their theme of Total Employee Involvement and how that pertains to problem solving. I will post a link to the slides...

4 TPS Video Blurb

Posted on October 14, 2018October 14, 2018 by Art Smalley

Here is a short thank you note to the folks at LEI and a video announcement of my latest book. I tried out a website called AutoMagical over the weekend as a test. Here is what I was able to create in about 10 minutes as a sample. The site auto creates some short video style content to augment a blog post.