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AI Prompts forLean Business Success

Make improvement part of the work.

By Russell Cummings

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Task-focused prompts Adapt to your business No coding needed to start

BUILT AROUND YOUR WORK

Make improvement part of the work.

Lean improvement starts by understanding what creates value and what gets in the way. This guide brings AI prompts to that process, from building a Lean mindset to identifying waste, redesigning workflows and improving quality. It also explores collaboration, problem solving, cost reduction and scaling through automation. You do not need to be a Lean specialist to begin. Start with one process and use the prompts to frame an evidence-led improvement discussion.

WHAT YOU CAN PUT TO WORK

More than a list of things to ask AI.

01

Identify waste and distinguish symptoms from causes

02

Map a process and question unnecessary steps

03

Explore quality, customer value and cost improvements

04

Create a focused 90-day improvement plan

The book supplies starting points. Your business context, follow-up questions and review make the answers useful. It does not run an AI tool or perform the work automatically.

EXPLORE THE BOOK

A chapter for the
challenge in front of you.

Browse the chapter-level table of contents from the supplied April 2025 first edition. The book also contains introductions, supporting material and individual prompt sections.

Chapter sequence follows the supplied book. Punctuation is normalised for this website. Page numbers are omitted because formats and editions may differ.

Table of contents

  1. 01How to Write a Powerful Prompt
  2. 02Building a Lean Mindset
  3. 03Identifying and Eliminating Waste
  4. 04Streamlining Processes and Systems
  5. 05Optimising Quality and Customer Value

MAKE YOUR FIRST SESSION USEFUL

Three places to start.

Choose a real task, open the relevant chapter and work with a prompt that fits. These are suggested uses of the book, not promises of a particular result.

CHAPTER 3

Identify possible waste in a recurring process

Identifying and Eliminating Waste

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CHAPTER 4

Map a handover and challenge avoidable steps

Streamlining Processes and Systems

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CHAPTER 7

Prepare a root-cause problem-solving discussion

Lean Innovation and Problem Solving

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TRY THE APPROACH BEFORE YOU BUY

Give the AI a clearer brief.

An illustrative prompt written for this page, based on the book’s themes. It is not a verbatim extract. Replace the bracketed text before using it in your approved AI tool.

Help me identify possible waste in a recurring process. Context: [describe your business, the situation and the people involved]. Constraints: [add the time, resources and requirements we must work within]. Ask me three questions to clarify missing information. Then provide a practical first draft with clear headings, recommended next steps and the assumptions I should check. Use a professional, plain-English tone. Do not invent facts or treat unverified information as certain.

You can also select and copy the text above.

FROM THE PAGE TO YOUR PRACTICE

Use one prompt.
Then build a habit.

  1. Choose the chapter that matches your current task.
  2. Add your situation, constraints and desired output.
  3. Use your approved AI tool and ask follow-up questions.
  4. Verify the answer and decide what to use.
  5. Save useful prompts and repeat the process.
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THE AUTHOR BEHIND THE LIBRARY

Business experience.
Practical questions.

Russell Cummings brings more than 40 years of work with business owners and leaders to the Focused Execution resources. These books apply that practical approach to asking better questions and turning useful answers into action.

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BEFORE YOU CHOOSE

A few useful answers.

YOUR NEXT USEFUL STEP

Put better questions
to work.

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