Mar
19
2017
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 […]
May
10
2016
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 […]
May
03
2016
We’re living in an age where we are almost all reliant on technology in some form or another. Our smart phones, watches, cars, houses in some cases and of course our workplaces are filled with all sorts of technology. Most […]
Apr
26
2016
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 […]
Apr
05
2016
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 […]
Mar
30
2016
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 […]
Mar
08
2016
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 […]
Feb
23
2016
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 […]
Feb
16
2016
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 […]
Feb
02
2016
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 […]