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I’ve been watching & even engaged in a debate on LinkedIn over the last few days. The primary topic is Lean Failure and the debate is about whether it actually exists as well as what is the cause (or to […]
April 12, 2016 - (0) comments - Change, Communication, Leaders Developing People, Leadership, Learning, Systems Thinking
I’ve been preparing for a talk I’m giving this Friday and struggling to clarify what my “take away” is. Most speakers say that we should be clear about what we want people to get from the talk and in many […]
April 05, 2016 - (0) comments - Change, Dynamic Organisations, Leaders Developing People, Leadership, Learning, Management, Systems Thinking
It has been written about repeatedly, people talk about it, some go as far as doing something about it. But too often we (the lean community) focus more on how to use the tools than the culture we want to engender when it […]
March 30, 2016 - (0) comments - Dynamic Organisations, Leaders Developing People, Leadership, Lean, Management
I recently read an article about the 5i method for problem solving that is simpler than the standard A3 & yet will be effective for many problems faced by many organisations. What I liked about it most was that it […]
March 21, 2016 - (0) comments - Change, Dynamic Organisations, Leaders Developing People, Learning, Solving Problems
The news is awash with the US presidential primaries and the potential of a Brexit – (the UK leaving the EU). Much of the “information” available to the general public, as provided by those shouting loudest, seems to be based on fiction! Or […]
March 08, 2016 - (0) comments - Leaders Developing People, Leadership, Learning, Management, Standards
I read an article yesterday asking whether Lean can help with regards to corporate strategy, not just operational efficiency. I’m not sure which bothers me more; that we are still asking this question or that so many of us seem […]
March 01, 2016 - (0) comments - Change, Dynamic Organisations, Leadership
The title line is something that I heard & said hundreds of times while serving in the USMC. We were always praised for taking the initiative, but always corrected when our decisions were misguided or lead to something other than […]
February 23, 2016 - (0) comments - Dynamic Organisations, Leaders Developing People, Leadership, Learning, Management
I recently read “The Gold Mine” by Freddy & Michael Ballé. It is a reasonable attempt to do with Lean what Eli Goldratt had done with “The Goal”, i.e. explain the concept of an improvement methodology by encapsulating it in a […]
February 16, 2016 - (0) comments - Leaders Developing People, Leadership, Management
I read an article the other day about standardised work and one today regarding A3’s. The first one had a phrase that reverberated with me; “a countermeasure in search of a problem, instead of the other way around”. The second emphasises […]
February 09, 2016 - (0) comments - Change, Dynamic Organisations, Leaders Developing People, Leadership, Learning, Solving Problems, Standards
I often write about change and it being necessary for growth; that we need to embrace change, be open to it, look forward to it, etc. However, there is a finite capacity within our organisations & ourselves for the amount […]
February 02, 2016 - (0) comments - Change, Leaders Developing People, Leadership, Learning, Management, Solving Problems
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