Kanban for Skeptics
As a change agent, you constantly need to reassure people that the path we follow is worthwhile traveling. This need is often expressed in the form of critique and difficult questions. When I coach teams, this is often the case. The same thing happens when introducing Kanban. However, I noticed that Kanban raises much harder questions on a management and leadership level, once people are introduced to the basics and start to explore the subject on their own. The type of questions Kanban raise seems to be hard to answer without lapsing into hour-long discussions. This is normal because Kanban is a change management approach, not a methodology, and therefore much less prescriptive. In order to provide reassurance, as a coach, you need to trace the questions all the way back to the principles of Kanban, which are grounded in Lean thinking This is why I wrote a free e-book 'Kanban for Skeptics, that lists the 5 most common arguments against Kanban. What is Kanban? When the term Kanba