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The AI Productivity Paradox: Why AI Needs Operational Excellence to Pay Off

An opinion piece in Dagens industri by Joel Sunnehall and Mikael Cato recently put words to a concern we share. Their argument was that AI changes the organisation of work, responsibilities and ...

Niklas Modig and Joacim Harrby 26 Oct 2026 15 min read

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How Bauer Media Outdoor Cut Quote Time to Under Two Hours

Carl Wadmark 23 Oct 2026 8 min read
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Eliminating Silos Starts With Improving Handover Quality

Joacim Harrby 6 Feb 2026 8 min read

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Operational Excellence Expert

Fredrik Fjellstedt

Fredrik is an author and expert in Lean, the Toyota Production System and strategy execution. He helps organizations turn strategic direction into everyday improvement, building the capabilities for lasting change.
Latest article How Catchball Makes Strategy Land From Plan to Ownership All articles by Fredrik
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Joacim Harrby

Joacim is specializing in cross-functional transformation, visual management and continuous improvement. He helps leaders connect teams, improve flow and build a culture where everyone contributes to change.
Latest article The Impact on Lead Time When Quality Is Right All articles by Joacim
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Nicklas Grellson

Nicklas has experience from Toyota and Element Materials Technology. He helps organizations improve flow and solve problems by engaging people and developing their ability to improve how work gets done.
Latest article Why Optimizing Resources Can Lower Productivity All articles by Nicklas
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Niklas Modig

Niklas is a thought leader in Lean and operational excellence, a pioneer in flow thinking and the author of This Is Lean. He helps leaders shift their focus from individual resources to end-to-end flow and build self-improving organizations.
Latest article The AI Productivity Paradox: Why AI Needs Operational Excellence to Pay Off All articles by Niklas

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Your boards can now be shared across teams

Why copied boards stop telling the truth Until now, a board belonged to one team. If another team needed the same picture, the only option was to copy it. From that moment, the two copies started to ...

Carl Wadmark 10 Nov 2026 3 min read
Product
New in Hups: write initiatives together, in real time

Your whole team can now work on the same initiative at the same time. Open a section, start writing, and see your colleagues’ cursors arrive and type alongside you — each with their name, in their ...

Carl Wadmark 4 Nov 2026 1 min read
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What three lean conferences taught us in 2026

The best results in successful organizations rarely come from people working harder. They come from capability: people who understand the direction, have the skills and authority to improve their ...

Carl Wadmark 26 Oct 2026 7 min read

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Product
Your boards can now be shared across teams

Why copied boards stop telling the truth Until now, a board belonged to one team. If another team needed the same picture, the only option was to copy it. From that moment, the two copies started to ...

Carl Wadmark 10 Nov 2026 3 min read
Product
New in Hups: write initiatives together, in real time

Your whole team can now work on the same initiative at the same time. Open a section, start writing, and see your colleagues’ cursors arrive and type alongside you — each with their name, in their ...

Carl Wadmark 4 Nov 2026 1 min read
Insights
What three lean conferences taught us in 2026

The best results in successful organizations rarely come from people working harder. They come from capability: people who understand the direction, have the skills and authority to improve their ...

Carl Wadmark 26 Oct 2026 7 min read
Insights
The AI Productivity Paradox: Why AI Needs Operational Excellence to Pay Off

An opinion piece in Dagens industri by Joel Sunnehall and Mikael Cato recently put words to a concern we share. Their argument was that AI changes the organisation of work, responsibilities and ...

Niklas Modig and Joacim Harrby 26 Oct 2026 15 min read
Customer stories
How Bauer Media Outdoor Cut Quote Time to Under Two Hours

Bauer Media Outdoor Sweden cut the time it takes to create a client quote from often more than a working day to under two hours. The change did not come from people working faster. It came from ...

Carl Wadmark 23 Oct 2026 8 min read
Operational Excellence
10 best operational excellence software for 2026

Quick summary In this guide, we reviewed 10 tools, including Hups, KaiNexus, Solvace, iObeya, Redzone and Tulip. We compared what each tool covers, who it fits and how it is priced. You will see ...

Carl Wadmark 21 Oct 2026 15 min read
Product
New in Hups: your boards now do the math

Counting is not improvement work. It is preparation for it. If a team spends the first part of a meeting adding up results, less time is left to talk about what the numbers mean and what to do next. ...

Carl Wadmark 20 Oct 2026 3 min read
Announcement
Per Norman Joins Hups as Interim CFO

Per joins Hups with extensive experience across finance, strategy and scaling international technology and SaaS businesses. He is a commercially minded finance leader with a passion for growth, ...

Carl Wadmark 15 Oct 2026 2 min read
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New in Hups: one sidebar for your teams and organisation

Your organisation and your teams now share one sidebar in Hups. Everything you used before is still there, and it is easier to reach. You can move between any team and the organisation without ...

Carl Wadmark 5 Oct 2026 4 min read
Insights
What Is a Transformation Management System (TMS)?

In this article we aim to define what a Transformation Management System is, what the core functions are, how to evaluate one, and what it takes to successfully implement it for your organization.

Carl Wadmark 1 Oct 2026 12 min read
Announcement
Martin Sköld Joins Hups as Executive Chairman of the Board

Martin Sköld left the Stockholm School of Economics after 24 years to become Executive Chairman of the board at Hups. Here's the story and why this matters for how companies compete.

Carl Wadmark 22 Sep 2026 3 min read
Insights
How Catchball Makes Strategy Land From Plan to Ownership

Part 3 of a series on flow-oriented strategy execution. Read Part 1: Flow as your truth teller and Read Part 2: From Truth to Action. Most leadership teams spend weeks building a plan and a single ...

Fredrik Fjellstedt 8 Sep 2026 9 min read