How a Culture of Empowered Teams Creates Lean Success

Teams are more creative and achieve higher levels of production and
quality than any single person. Companies that empower their teams
achieve the desired level of success in implementing and sustaining
Lean. Employees are not widgets. They are items in the value stream
to be eliminated. Their brains, their passion, and their creativity
need to be developed and nourished. The transformation of your
organization depends on their involvement. You need to treat them
as an asset and invest in their development just as you invest in
any other asset in your company.