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 […]
Jun
23
2016
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 […]
Jun
01
2016
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 […]
May
24
2016
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
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
12
2016
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 […]
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
21
2016
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 […]