Lean?

had a week of lean training, which was the first week of a 3-week programme...

an impression of lean is that it's a dehumanizing tool, or human-mechanising / robotizing tool... it doesn't want/need the workers to think, it doesn't want the workers to idle, when idle /waiting time is identified, it's to be eliminated by balancing work, reducing headcount...

its core is takt time, it's called takt because the ultimate outcome of lean is to have the process running in a clock clicking "takt takt takt takt" way -- rhythmic, mono, stable, consistent, predictable...

do you want to be part of the takt?