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A glowing, colorful lightbulb symbolizing creativity with swirling, vibrant energy inside it, physically handcuffed to a rigid metal clipboard labeled “BEST PRACTICE.” The clipboard is grey, industrial, and dull. Chains restrain the bulb’s movement as it pulses with color, trying to break free.

Down With (Lean) Standard Work!

Because somewhere along the way, is it possible that standard work might be handcuffed to or confused with the seductive but dangerous concept of best practice? And if that is the case, this coupling has quietly and sometimes catastrophically dulled the very creativity that Lean was meant to inspire and unleash.

Sol and Rod Morgan

4 min read

A moody digital illustration set in the maintenance bay of an old factory, lit only by flickering fluorescent tubes. At a cluttered workbench, sits the Zombie of ‘Good Enough’ — a weary mechanic-like figure, pale and exhausted, wearing a grimy coverall with a faded name patch. Its eyes are dull and glassy; its posture slumped. One oil-stained hand reaches out as if to stop change, the other resting on a half-assembled machine. Scattered across the floor are half-finished projects, rusted tools, and dusty “Process Improvement” binders. On the wall behind, a crooked safety poster reads “We’ve Always Done It This Way.” A faint blue-green mist seeps across the floor, giving the scene an otherworldly chill.

🎃 The Haunting of Sigma House: A Halloween Tale of Fear, Failure, and Flow

Every October, when the lights flickered and reports went missing, the staff swore they could hear faint whispers echoing through the corridors. Some claimed they were the cries of abandoned improvement projects; others said it was the rustling of forgotten data sheets. But the veterans all agreed on one thing... the ghosts of failed processes still haunted Sigma House.

Sol and Rod Morgan

4 min read