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I sat in a meeting the other day where a local manager was discussing his plans for the next phase of their transformation program. They were going to do 5S and had a list of all the right things to […]
June 23, 2016 - (0) comments - Change, Dynamic Organisations, Leaders Developing People, Leadership, Learning, Make Problems Obvious, Solving Problems
The title of this post is often attributed to Deming, although if you look at the bottom of THIS page it is reasonably clear that he did not say this. He did however, in his “out of the crisis”, cite […]
I’ve had a few discussions recently regarding the need to visualise something if we know/are aware of the status, especially for short-term events. Why write it on a white board just in case somebody pops by and is interested? What […]
October 01, 2015 - (0) comments - Communication, Dynamic Organisations, Leaders Developing People, Leadership, Make Problems Obvious, Standards, Visual Management
I wrote last week about making problems obvious and the importance of quick & direct feedback loops to enable rapid problem detection & rectification. Last week I focused on the speed of the feedback, this week we’ll look at the […]
December 09, 2014 - (0) comments - Leadership, Make Problems Obvious, Solving Problems, Visual Management
I’ve written a few times about using visualisation to make problems obvious. Most people understand the thinking behind that & I have few issues when I discuss this with people. However, I have had many occasions where the gathering of […]
December 03, 2014 - (0) comments - Learning, Make Problems Obvious, Systems Thinking, Uncategorized, Visual Management
Several discussions over the last few days have centred around standards and more specifically, enforcing them. One of the issues that is repeatedly discussed is to what extent. There are all sorts of standards that exist in any organisation. Most […]
November 18, 2014 - (0) comments - Leadership, Make Problems Obvious, Standards, Workplace Organisation
I was out for drinks with one of my MBA colleagues the other day & he was talking about some of his recent interactions with some very senior people in business. He was talking about their approach, their effectiveness & […]
November 11, 2014 - (0) comments - Change, Dynamic Organisations, Leadership, Learning, Make Problems Obvious, Solving Problems
I read something the other day suggesting that people often get into a routine and eventually lose the drive that got them to where they are. This was in reference to their careers but the same thing often happens to […]
October 01, 2014 - (0) comments - Change, Dynamic Organisations, Leaders Developing People, Leadership, Lessons Learned, Make Problems Obvious, Solving Problems
I couldn’t count the number of organisations I have worked in/with where they have been a bit upset when I have said that they have to establish a baseline (a standard) before they can improve. In one I was working […]
August 26, 2014 - (0) comments - Change, Leadership, Make Problems Obvious, Standards, Systems Thinking, Uncategorized
I was recently in a daily performance review where the team was struggling to achieve their expected performance on a certain KPI. They then said it’s OK, we’re going to change the expectation for the KPI to make it easier […]
April 01, 2014 - (0) comments - Leadership, Make Problems Obvious, Visual Management
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