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Get up early & do your exercise, read business self-help books, practice meditation, limit your social media time, focus on 3 things, delegate tasks…the list goes on. Throughout LinkedIn, Facebook and a plethora of other media outlets there are a […]
March 19, 2017 - (0) comments - Change, Communication, Leadership, Learning, Management, Solving Problems
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
One of the topics discussed often in consulting, and very often in the sales stage of engagements, is ROI. When will I get my investment back? This is of course important to any business owner and most managers. However, as […]
June 01, 2016 - (0) comments - Learning, PDCA, Solving Problems
I read an article the other day that was a modification of what I thought was a consulting urban legend. A consultant called in to fix something nobody else could fix and a huge invoice for merely pointing out where […]
May 24, 2016 - (0) comments - Leaders Developing People, Learning, Lessons Learned, Solving Problems
I’ve never heard anyone say they spent too much time planning & not enough doing, checking or acting. Last Friday I had to do some investigation (Problem Solving) on my boat’s engine. I knew it was something with the flow […]
May 17, 2016 - (0) comments - PDCA, Solving Problems
I was reading a book last week and there was an excerpt from a manager suggesting “conflict” was wasteful activity or should be included in the 7 wastes (8 if your model includes people’s potential). I then suggested the same […]
April 26, 2016 - (0) comments - Change, Communication, Leadership, Learning, Lessons Learned, Management, Solving Problems
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
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
Ever hear someone say “once this whatever is over, things will relax & we can put more focus on whatever” – you can insert all manner of things into either “whatever” in that phrase. I hear it all the time […]
January 19, 2016 - (0) comments - Change, Leaders Developing People, Leadership, Learning, Management, Solving Problems, Standards
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