In your experience, what is the best technique you have used to get buy-in for these tools from skeptical leaders and stakeholders in the business?

A couple things work: Success stories being told by leaders they admire or their peers Tours of Lean organizations they admire that use the tools…they get a vision

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Tracy O'Rourke

Tracy is a Master Black Belt at GoLeanSixSigma.com, the co-author of The Problem-Solver’s Toolkit and co-host of the Just-in-Time Cafe. She is also a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Instructor at UC San Diego and teaches in San Diego State University’s Lean Enterprise Program. For almost 20 years, she has helped leading organizations like Washington State, Charles Schwab and GE build problem-solving muscles.