Within Lean thinking the vision is often called ‘True North’, like Jeffrey Liker explains in his book ‘the Toyota Way’. The True North works as a compass proving a guide to take an organization from the current condition to where it wants to be. True North refers to what we should do, not what we can do. It is a term used in the Lean lexicon to describe the ideal or state of perfection that your organization should be continually striving towards. Lean is a journey without an absolute destination point, we will never achieve perfection. Opportunities for improvement never end, and it is only when we take the next step that we see possible future steps. However, like a sailor we must be gu...