May 2026 – Kevin Anderson, Dr. Organizational Design

Why Lean Will Win Where BPI Failed (With Lessons for AI)

I recently came across one of the clearest explanations of why Business Process Reengineering (BPR) failed—and why Lean continues to succeed. It connected past mistakes to what many organizations are about to repeat with AI. [The Reengineering Is Coming – Lean Enterprise Institute] At its core, BPR didn’t fail because the problems weren’t real. ItContinue reading “Why Lean Will Win Where BPI Failed (With Lessons for AI)”

Complex vs. Complicated Problems: It Makes a Difference!

I’ve started to notice that the word “unprecedented” doesn’t carry much weight anymore. It shows up so often in organizations that it’s become part of the background noise. That alone should tell us something—uncertainty is no longer the exception; it is the environment we are operating in every day. This realization sat at the coreContinue reading “Complex vs. Complicated Problems: It Makes a Difference!”