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Insights from November's Virtual Lean Coffee "I don't have the answer. Ideally, we would just develop people and not worry about if there's ROI on it. But for the less enlightened people who are out in the world, they're still looking for how do you measure, calculate? How can I justify spending time developing my people?" This question cut straight to a challenge that lean practitioners face daily: proving the value of investing in people when financial spreadsheets demand i

Response to " Transforming Higher Education Through Lean Principles " Date:  November 3, 2025 Responding to:  Eric Olsen (Central Coast Lean) and Mark Jacobs (University of Dayton) Author:  Enar A. Tunç, Adjunct Instructor, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo augmented with Claude.AI Contact:   etunc@calpoly.edu Eric and Mark, thank you for your thoughtful exploration of lean principles in higher education—and for making it accessible in both text and aud

In flat organizations, you face a fundamental challenge: how do you ensure good ideas and strategic thinking rise above the noise? As...