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Why Even the Best Organizations Get Stuck in Silo Thinking

Even the most advanced organizations fall into the same trap: optimizing for resource efficiency (keeping people busy) rather than improving how value moves through the system. To visualize the ...

Niklas Modig 27 May 2025 6 min read
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Catchball Communication: From Strategy Creation to Shared Ownership

“It took the management team 30 days to develop the strategy, it only took the organization 30 seconds to misunderstand it.”

Fredrik Fjellstedt 27 May 2025 5 min read
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How Auctionet Cut Delivery Time from 17 Days to 7

Watch Auctionet's COO and Logistics Manager explain how they cut delivery time from 17 to 7 days (3 min).

Carl Wadmark 29 Apr 2025 4 min read
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How Coping Strategies Mask Themselves as Productivity

In efficient systems, people spend their time creating value. In inefficient ones, they spend time trying to cope. What percentage of the work in your organization exists only to manage the ...

Joacim Harrby 24 Apr 2025 3 min read
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Why Optimizing Resources Can Lower Productivity

At first, the factory managers were skeptical. They had spent years optimizing every resource, making sure machines ran at full capacity, workers stayed busy, and no one stood idle. But despite their ...

Nicklas Grellson 24 Mar 2025 4 min read
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The Magic of Reducing Lead Time—the Unexpected Secondary Effects

Reducing lead time is a straightforward way to make customers happy and free up capital. While these primary goals are well-known, the secondary effects are where real transformation happens. In this ...

Joacim Harrby 27 Feb 2025 5 min read
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Making Transformations Dance – Mastering the Operational Excellence Beat for 2025

Picture yourself in a DJ booth, adjusting the sound to shape the perfect atmosphere. The bass is thumping, lights are flashing, and the crowd is moving to the beat. In front of you is a massive ...

Niklas Modig 30 Jan 2025 4 min read
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Pass It On: How to Keep Your Flow Moving Smoothly

Imagine arriving at a hotel after a long journey. You step into the reception area, but no one is there to greet you. There’s no one to check you in, answer your questions, or hand you a room key. ...

Joacim Harrby 16 Dec 2024 4 min read
Creating a Culture of Accountability and Engagement

Hoshin Kanri offers a powerful leadership system for aligning goals, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring effective execution. At the heart of Hoshin Kanri are the 4Cs— Clarity , Courage , ...

Hups 12 Nov 2024 4 min read
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Who Will Realize Our Flow-Oriented Operations Strategy?

by Joacim Harrby A path to sustainable flow orientation through involvement and training in small steps

Joacim Harrby 20 Sep 2024 6 min read
Pantamera-Returpack Teams Up with Hups to Boost Recycling Efficiency

In the photo (left to right): Kjell Petersson (Pantamera), Carita Classon (Pantamera) and Nicklas Grellson (Hups) Background

Hups 16 Apr 2024 2 min read
Agile in the Age of AI

Scrum is over 30 years old, the Agile principles are over 20 years old, and we are now entering the Age of AI, a strange new world where intelligence is available as a service. How does AI impact ...

Henrik Kniberg 28 Mar 2024 12 min read