{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Lean Enterprise Institute","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.lean.org","author_name":"Lory Moniz","author_url":"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/the-lean-post\/articles\/author\/lmoniz\/","title":"Standardize Your Problem-Solving Approach? Why One Size Does Not Fit All - Lean Enterprise Institute","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"IEHPftcB0k\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/the-lean-post\/articles\/standardize-your-problem-solving-approach-why-one-size-does-not-fit-all\/\">Standardize Your Problem-Solving Approach? Why One Size Does Not Fit All<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/the-lean-post\/articles\/standardize-your-problem-solving-approach-why-one-size-does-not-fit-all\/embed\/#?secret=IEHPftcB0k\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Standardize Your Problem-Solving Approach? Why One Size Does Not Fit All&#8221; &#8212; Lean Enterprise Institute\" data-secret=\"IEHPftcB0k\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","description":"Lean management practitioners know what a powerful tool standardization is for continuously improving processes. Without standards, there can be no improvement as the old saying goes. Yet as LEI faculty member and author Art Smalley points out this does not only mean one rigid way of doing things such as standardizing your problem-solving approach on only a single methodology like six sigma or 8D or a specific technique like 5 Why?","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4top-problems-graphic_post-1.jpg"}