To support the habit, you’ll want to build it into your processes. It might feel unnatural at first, but once you get into the habit of asking, “What value are we delivering to our customers here?” it will begin to feel like the norm. Get employees into the habit of lean thinking by making customer value the primary focus of every project, meeting, and process. Make Customer Value The Focus Of Every Project For big companies, that’s no small task-but there are two easy ways you can help teams start to apply this lean principle in their everyday work. The first step to going lean is to ask, “What value are we delivering to our customers?” - and then apply the question to every process, project, and position in your organization to ensure it passes muster. That might seem like what you’re already doing at work-after all, what company isn’t focused on providing value to their customers? But if you or your employees have ever left a meeting and thought, “That meeting could have been an email,” chances are your organization could be improved by adopting lean principles. Continuously refine their work processes.Eliminate waste in work processes-including meetings, projects, and tasks-that don’t deliver value to the end consumer.At their core, lean enterprises build their entire work processes on three values: Lean methodology is a business approach that encourages businesses to work smarter (rather than harder) by ruthlessly cutting organizational waste. If you’re ready to get a leg up on the competition, consider adopting the philosophy that has helped leading companies from Intel to Toyota climb to the top. And it’s no wonder: digital transformations are accelerating the rate of change, consumers are more connected than ever, and even industry leaders are playing whack-a-mole with upstart competitors. According to a 2020 report by competitive intelligence platform Crayon, 90 percent of businesses say their industry has become more competitive over the last three years. If you feel like your organization is facing more competition than ever these days, join the crowd.