{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Lean Enterprise Institute","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.lean.org","author_name":"devteam","author_url":"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/the-lean-post\/articles\/author\/devteam\/","title":"Thinking About Introducing A3 Problem-Solving? Think Twice if Leadership Isn\u2019t Engaged - Lean Enterprise Institute","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3sF8PdEEtZ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/the-lean-post\/articles\/thinking-about-introducing-a3-problem-solving-think-twice-if-leadership-isnt-engaged\/\">Thinking About Introducing A3 Problem-Solving? Think Twice if Leadership Isn\u2019t Engaged<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/the-lean-post\/articles\/thinking-about-introducing-a3-problem-solving-think-twice-if-leadership-isnt-engaged\/embed\/#?secret=3sF8PdEEtZ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Thinking About Introducing A3 Problem-Solving? Think Twice if Leadership Isn\u2019t Engaged&#8221; &#8212; Lean Enterprise Institute\" data-secret=\"3sF8PdEEtZ\" 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","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1446_large.jpg","thumbnail_width":930,"thumbnail_height":340,"description":"Your organization\u2019s leadership doesn\u2019t support introducing the A3 problem-solving process, but why not introduce it into your unit or area of responsibility? Experienced lean management coach and practitioner David Verble cautions that it will be very, very hard to succeed for reasons he explains in this Q&A follow-up to a recent webinar on the A3 process."}