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+ Read on LinkedIn + +``` + +**For internal content** (template download, on-site article, tool explainer): +```html + + Article +One or two sentences of description.
+ Read more + +``` + +Source labels by content type: +- **Article** — in-house written content (Reading summaries, Principle explainers, Technique explainers) +- **Download** — template files (PDFs, XLSX, DOCX, etc.) +- **External** — for entries that link out to a book, article, or other off-site source + +Always add `rel="noopener"` to any link with `target="_blank"`. + +When a section has at least one real card, remove the empty-state card. When the section has its first piece of content, edit the mega-panel's `nav-panel-col-tag` line in each of the 5 page files (replacing the "Coming soon" `` with a "Learn more →" link styled as `nav-panel-col-link`). + +--- + +## What changed in v3.8 + +**Desktop nav restructured with mega-panels.** The simple text dropdown under "Services" was replaced with a click-only mega-panel containing service descriptions. A second mega-panel was added under a new "Resources" item. Click the chevron to open; click outside or press Escape to close. The chevron rotates 180° while open. + +**New `/resources/index.html` page.** Mirrors the visual rhythm of the homepage and service pages — page hero, content sections, CTA, footer. + +**"Process Excellence" shortened in nav surfaces.** "Process Excellence & Transformation" is the long form on the page H1, browser title, and body copy. "Process Excellence" is the short form in nav, mega-panel, mobile drawer, and footer. + +**Footer expanded with Resources column.** 5 columns: Brand · Services · Resources · Company · Connect. + +--- + +## What changed in v3.7 + +**CTA wording finalised — every button reads "Let's Talk".** All 17 occurrences of "Start a conversation" across the four pages were swapped to "Let's Talk". + +--- + +## What changed in v3.6 (post-launch feedback) + +**Desktop nav simplified.** Top nav was reduced to: *Home* | *Services ▾* | *Contact*. (v3.8 expanded this to include *Resources ▾*.) + +**Mobile menu changed from drawer → full-screen takeover.** + +**Lever card contrast bumped.** Outcome cards on the homepage got 1px border at 6% opacity plus a stronger shadow. + +--- + +## Site structure (v3.9) + +``` +index.html — Homepage +services/consulting.html — Process Excellence & Transformation +services/coaching.html — Coaching & Training +services/digital-solutions.html — Digital Solutions +resources/index.html — Resources (Principles · Techniques · Reading · Templates) +assets/lean101-isotipo.png — Nav logo +assets/lean101-logotipo.png — Footer logo / mobile drawer head +``` + +--- + +## Things still to do + +1. **Wire up "Let's Talk" buttons to a contact form.** Currently they all point to `#contact` (which scrolls to the simplified CTA section). Form should capture name + email + company + what they're improving, and email submissions to Alex. +2. **LinkedIn footer link** — currently `#`, needs the actual URL. +3. **Favicon** — could be generated from the isotipo. +4. **Open Graph / Twitter meta tags** — for clean share previews on social. +5. **Photos** — Matt to flag any that don't render or look wrong, and consider self-hosting. +6. **Resources content** — four sections currently show empty-state cards. As real content is published, replace them following the markup pattern above. diff --git a/html_source/assets/lean101-isotipo.png b/html_source/assets/lean101-isotipo.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f372b59 Binary files /dev/null and b/html_source/assets/lean101-isotipo.png differ diff --git a/html_source/assets/lean101-logotipo.png b/html_source/assets/lean101-logotipo.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fba82e9 Binary files /dev/null and b/html_source/assets/lean101-logotipo.png differ diff --git a/html_source/index.html b/html_source/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f570d81 --- /dev/null +++ b/html_source/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,2163 @@ + + + + + ++ Practical consulting, coaching and analytics to help businesses eliminate waste, + improve performance, and build a culture that keeps improving — long after we've gone. +
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+ + Frameworks aren't the goal — results are. Every engagement combines + consulting, capability building, and digital solutions — sized to what your team can sustain. +
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+ + We diagnose where work is breaking down, design optimised processes, and + run the change with you — not just for you. +
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+ + Tailored coaching and bespoke training that turns Lean theory into everyday + practice. Your team owns the improvement. +
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+ + From Power BI dashboards to custom web apps that replace clunky spreadsheets — we build tailored software that streamlines your operations and makes data work for you. +
+ + Learn more + + ++ Every engagement runs four cycles — adapted to your scale, industry and team capability. The cycles repeat as the business evolves; what stays constant is the partnership underneath. +
++ Process mapping, audits and a maturity assessment. We walk your operation alongside you, talk to the people doing the work, and quantify where the friction sits. +
++ We co-design the future state with your team, then run a focused pilot in one area. Real data, real people, real results — before we touch the rest of the business. +
++ Once the pilot proves the gains, we scale the approach across other teams, sites or business units — adapted to each context, with the same disciplined method. +
++ Coaching, dashboards and train-the-trainer programs so the improvement becomes how your team operates — without us in the room. +
+The four-step cycle happens inside an ongoing partnership. We stay alongside you across cycles — same team, same methods, learning your business as it evolves. Continuous improvement, made continuous.
++ Industry benchmarks for organisations that commit to a structured improvement program. Whatever your industry, these are the levers that shift. +
+Fewer hand-offs, less waiting, shorter lead times — without adding headcount or overtime.
+ +Defects fixed at the source, not at the end. Customers stay, costs drop, your team stops firefighting.
+ +Cut from how the work is done, not from headcount. Margin returns to the line, not to the spreadsheet.
+ +When people fix the things that frustrate them, they stay, they refer, they bring their best work — every day.
+ +Visual controls, predictable processes, fewer unknowns. Protecting your people and your uptime — both at once.
+ ++ Lean 101 is a one-on-one partnership. We bring globally recognised + frameworks — Lean, Six Sigma, continuous improvement best practice — + and adapt them to how your business actually runs. Every company, + every industry is different, so we work alongside you to solve the + problems that matter to you — not deliver a generic playbook. +
+Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement best practice — adapted to how your business actually runs, not lifted from a generic playbook.
+Every business is different. Focused coaching, a single process redesign, or full transformation — we shape the engagement around your priorities, capacity, and budget.
+Our success metric is the day you no longer need us. Train-the-trainer, embedded dashboards, and clear playbooks make the improvement stick.
+Power BI dashboards and automated reporting come standard. You see what's working, what isn't, and what to do next — in real time.
+Tell us a little about your business and what you're looking to improve. We'll get back to you to talk through whether — and how — we can help.
+ ++ A growing library of templates, training, book summaries and short posts — + the same material we draw on with clients, made available so you can use it on your own. +
++ The philosophy underneath the techniques — flow, pull, respect for + people, capability over dependency, kaizen culture. The ideas that + explain why the methods work, and what to hold onto when the methods + don’t fit the situation. +
+Long-form pages on the underlying ideas of Lean — what they are, where they came from, and how they show up in real improvement work.
++ Plain-English explanations of specific methods we use — 5S, Kanban, + Value Stream Mapping, A3, PDCA, Poka-Yoke, Standard Work, Gemba walks. + One page per technique, with what it is, how to run it, and where it + tends to go wrong. +
+Each page covers one technique end-to-end — the mechanics, the typical pitfalls, and a worked example. The first pages will land here as they’re finished.
++ Distilled summaries of the books and articles that shaped how we think + about improvement — what’s still useful, what hasn’t aged + well, and where the ideas show up in the work we do today. +
+Starting with the books that come up most in our work — The Toyota Way, The Goal, Learning to See, Out of the Crisis. Each summary will link out to the source.
++ Practical artefacts you can download and use on your own work — 5S audit + checklists, waste walk worksheets, CI readiness self-assessments, and + more as we publish them. +
+We’re preparing the first set of templates for download. Follow Lean 101 on LinkedIn to be notified when they go live.
+Tell us a little about your business and what you're looking to improve. We'll get back to you to talk through whether — and how — we can help.
+ + Let’s Talk → + ++ Tailored coaching and bespoke training that turns Lean theory into everyday practice. Your team owns the improvement — and keeps building on it long after we've gone. +
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+ + Most businesses we coach have smart people who want to improve. The problem isn't will — it's method. These are the things leaders most often say when they reach out. +
+"Improvement only happens when I'm in the room. The moment I step out, it goes back to how it was."
+"My team has experience. They've been here years. But when something goes wrong they just... work around it. They don't dig."
+"We had a consultant come in two years ago. The slides were great. The improvements lasted about a quarter. We're back where we started."
+"I don't want to keep paying consultants. I want my team to be the consultants — for ourselves, and for whoever joins next."
++ Real capability develops in three stages — first you follow the method, then you adapt it to your context, then you teach the next team. We borrow this from the Toyota Way, where it's called Shu-Ha-Ri. +
+The team learns the methods exactly as taught — A3 problem-solving, 5 Whys, value-stream mapping, structured root-cause analysis. The goal at this stage isn't creativity. It's fluency in the form, before improvising.
+The team starts seeing why each step exists — and what to bend, skip, or extend for their own situation. Coaching shifts from instruction to discussion. Methods become tools they apply, not rules they follow.
+Your most capable people are now coaches themselves. They run workshops, mentor others, and propagate the method across the business. They create new approaches when the situation calls for it. The improvement engine has gone internal.
++ Two illustrative scenarios showing what kind of work this looks like and what kind of capability typically develops. Real programs are shaped to your team and the problems they're solving. +
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+ Senior leaders sponsor improvement but don't lead it. Improvement happens to the team, not through it. We coach 3–6 senior leaders one-on-one, helping them shift from giving answers to asking the right structured questions — and run their own A3 cycles on real business problems.
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+ Smart, experienced team but no shared method. Same issues recur. A 12-week program: workshops on A3, 5 Whys, and value-stream mapping; weekly coaching cycles where the team brings real problems and we coach them through structured solving.
++ Most coaching engagements begin as a focused program — a workshop series, a capability build, or a train-the-trainer rollout. The capability work that follows tends to grow into an ongoing partnership over time. +
++ *About these ranges. These are illustrative scenarios drawn from typical capability-building work — not specific client results. Real programs are shaped to your team's starting capability and the business problems they're solving. +
+Tell us a little about your business and what you're looking to improve. We'll get back to you to talk through whether — and how — we can help.
+ ++ We diagnose where work is breaking down, design optimised processes, and run the change with you — not just for you. Practical Lean and Six Sigma applied to how your business actually runs. +
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+ + Most of our consulting clients aren't in crisis. They've grown, things have got more complex, and the way work flows has stopped keeping up. If any of these sound familiar, this is for you. +
+Lead times have crept up. Customers wait longer. Your team is busy but throughput hasn't kept pace with demand.
+The same defects, the same rework, the same complaints — month after month. Fixes are reactive, not structural.
+You know there's slack in the system. Hand-offs, waiting, duplicate work. But you don't have data to prove where, or how much.
+What worked at 20 people doesn't work at 80. The same roles do more jobs, the same processes carry more load, and the cracks are starting to show.
++ Process Excellence engagements run on the DMAIC framework — five phases proven across decades of operational improvement work, adapted to your scale and context. +
+Scope the problem and the goal. Anchor the engagement to a measurable target before any work begins.
+Capture the current state with hard data — cycle times, defects, hand-offs, costs. Evidence over opinion.
+Find the root causes. Separate symptoms from structural drivers using value-stream mapping and analysis.
+Design and pilot the fix with your team. Prove it works on a focused area before scaling.
+Lock in the gains. Standard work and visual controls hold the improvement — and feed the next cycle.
++ Two illustrative scenarios showing what kind of work this looks like and what kind of results typically follow. Real engagements are scoped to your specific operation. +
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+ Customers waiting, work piling up, the team busy but not productive. We value-stream map the production flow, identify hand-off bottlenecks, and redesign standard work to eliminate wait states between stations.
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+ Deals taking weeks to quote, errors slipping through, sales chasing internal teams for status. We map the full quote-to-invoice flow across departments, eliminate duplicate hand-offs, and standardise the request-to-approval flow.
++ Most engagements begin as a focused project — small, medium, or large depending on scope. The work that delivers tends to grow into an ongoing partnership over time. +
++ *About these ranges. These are illustrative scenarios drawn from typical Lean improvement work — not specific client results. Real engagements are tailored to your business; scope, sector, and starting capability all shape what's achievable. +
+Tell us a little about your business and what you're looking to improve. We'll get back to you to talk through whether — and how — we can help.
+ ++ From Power BI dashboards to custom web apps that replace clunky spreadsheets — we build tailored software that streamlines your operations and makes data work for you. Built by people who understand the operations they're improving. +
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+ + Most of our Digital Solutions work starts as: "we're running this on Excel and it's gotten out of hand." Custom software built for your operations replaces the duct tape — without ripping up what already works. +
+One person knows the formulas. The file emails around as v17, v18, v18-final, v18-final-FINAL. When that person is on leave, work stops.
+End-of-month, someone manually pulls data from three systems, copies it into a deck, formats charts, sends it round. By the time it lands, it's already old.
+You bought an off-the-shelf tool that does 60% of what you need, and your team works around the missing 40% in spreadsheets. The cost compounds — money out the door, time wasted on workarounds.
+Your CRM, accounting system, and project tools all hold useful data. But there's no single view that answers the simple operational questions you ask every week.
++ Most Digital Solutions engagements land in one of three categories. Each is built the same way — understand the work, ship a focused MVP, iterate with users, hand it over fully owned. +
+Power BI dashboards that pull from your real systems and answer the questions you ask each week — production output, lead times, defect rates, capacity, financial performance. End-of-month reporting goes from a day to a click.
+Tailored web applications for the workflows that have outgrown Excel — order tracking, scheduling, inventory, quality logs, audit checklists. Multi-user, role-aware, accessible from anywhere, no more "v18-final-FINAL.xlsx."
+The copy-paste between systems, the manual report generation, the daily reconciliation — all the work nobody wants to do but somebody has to. Automated using Power Automate, Python scripts, or whatever tool fits the job.
+We watch the process before we touch code. Talk to the people who'll use it. Document what's actually happening today, not what the org chart says.
+A focused first version, working on real data within weeks. Not pretty yet, but real — running in your environment, doing one job well.
+Your team uses it. We watch how. Friction surfaces fast. We fix what matters, drop what doesn't, add the features that earn their place.
+Documentation, admin training, source code, deployment guide. Your team can run, extend, and modify the tool — we're a call away, not a dependency.
++ Two illustrative scenarios showing what kind of build this looks like and what kind of impact typically follows. Real projects are scoped to your operations, systems, and team. +
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+ End-of-month reporting takes a day, the data's old by the time it's seen, decisions are made on gut. We connect your existing systems to a Power BI workspace, design role-aware views for operators, supervisors, and leadership, and set up automated daily refresh.
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+ A single Excel file runs a critical process, one person knows the formulas, the file emails around as v17, v18, v18-final. We map the actual workflow, build a tailored multi-user web app with role-based access, and migrate live data — running the new tool alongside the spreadsheet during cutover.
++ Most builds begin as a focused project — a dashboard, a custom app, or a multi-system integration. The work that delivers tends to grow into an ongoing technology partnership as your operations evolve and tooling needs grow. +
++ *About these ranges. These are illustrative scenarios drawn from typical custom-software builds for SMBs — not specific client results. Real projects are scoped to your existing systems, integrations needed, and the workflow the tool needs to support. +
+Tell us a little about your business and what you're looking to improve. We'll get back to you to talk through whether — and how — we can help.
+ +Tell us a little about your business and what you're looking to improve. We'll get back to you to talk through whether — and how — we can help.
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