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I read a post on LinkedIn last week discussing shareholder value & the Scandinavian way of doing business – it suggested the Scandinavian way of doing business could be an inspiration to create “shared value” as opposed to shareholder value. […]
April 19, 2016 - (0) comments - Dynamic Organisations, Leaders Developing People, Leadership, Lean
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
Anyone who has worked in Lean or anywhere near it will be familiar with the seven wastes; Transportation, Inventory, Motion, Waiting, Over-production, Over-processing & Defects (TIMWOOD). One of the things that I see people forget or ignore is the fact […]
November 25, 2014 - (0) comments - Change, Lean, Systems Thinking, Waste
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 in a discussion today regarding what most people would consider Stephen Covey’s Circle of Influence (the concept at least). I was told that it was actually Peter Drucker’s concept. That they had for some reason agreed to allow […]
October 07, 2014 - (0) comments - Change, Dynamic Organisations, Leadership, Lean, PDCA
Pretty much anyone who works in manufacturing will be familiar with the term changeover & almost as certain they’ll know of or be familiar with quick changeover or SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die). The technique used to reduce the […]
February 18, 2014 - (0) comments - Change, SMED, Solving Problems, Systems Thinking
I wrote last week about the 3 root causes of pretty much all problems; lack of a standard, a standard that exists but is not followed and a standard that exists & is followed, but is insufficient in detail to […]
December 10, 2013 - (0) comments - Leadership, Learning, Make Problems Obvious, Process Confirmation, Standards
Many of us are familiar with the Peter Principle, many the Dilbert Principle but I am finding few people who are familiar with Parkinson’s Law. The adage that “work expands to fill the time available to do it”. The idea […]
November 19, 2013 - (0) comments - Dynamic Organisations, Flow, Learning, Make Problems Obvious, Systems Thinking
We’ve probably all heard the term switching costs in reference to changing your bank, utility supplier or phone service provider. It’s been in the news lately with the new agreement on changing banks. This cost applies in your processes as […]
September 24, 2013 - (0) comments - Lean, Waste
Robert Peston is currently presenting a programme on shopping in which he looks at, amongst other stores, Tesco. The founder of Tesco Jack Cohen started out selling fish paste out of barrels in a London market. His business grew to […]
September 10, 2013 - (0) comments - Dynamic Organisations, Leaders Developing People, Leadership, Lean
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