How do you keep this, Visual Management, embedded after you're gone?

You have to have leadership buy-in and enforcement. The easier it is to maintain the 5S, the more likely it is to be maintained. The better job you do of setting up the Visual Management, the more effective it will be. But, as is true in life, we can’t control it when we’re gone!

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Elisabeth Swan

Elisabeth 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. For over 30 years, she's helped leading organizations like Amazon, Charles Schwab and Marriott International, Inc. build problem-solving muscles with Lean Six Sigma to achieve their goals.