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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 […]
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
I’ve written a few times about using visualisation to make problems obvious. Most people understand the thinking behind that & I have few issues when I discuss this with people. However, I have had many occasions where the gathering of […]
December 03, 2014 - (0) comments - Learning, Make Problems Obvious, Systems Thinking, Uncategorized, Visual 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
I couldn’t count the number of organisations I have worked in/with where they have been a bit upset when I have said that they have to establish a baseline (a standard) before they can improve. In one I was working […]
August 26, 2014 - (0) comments - Change, Leadership, Make Problems Obvious, Standards, Systems Thinking, Uncategorized
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 went to a networking event last week & the speaker’s topic was innovation. I enjoyed the talk & there were some solid messages within it. However, there was one comment/remark that I took umbrage to, the guy said “innovation […]
February 11, 2014 - 2 Comments - Change, Dynamic Organisations, Leaders Developing People, Leadership, Learning, Lessons Learned, Make Problems Obvious, Solving Problems, Systems Thinking
“We’ve got to focus on the critical issues!” You’re right, you do. But you also can’t ignore the “Non critical issues”. In fact, non-critical issues tend to become critical issues if left alone. They fester & grow & become critical […]
January 21, 2014 - (0) comments - Leadership, Solving Problems, Systems Thinking
The Hawthorne Effect – we’ve probably all heard about it at some point, a training course some years ago or some consultant mentions it after you show him the dramatic improvement in results after adjusting focus. I’m not going to […]
January 14, 2014 - (0) comments - Leaders Developing People, Leadership, Solving Problems, Standards, Systems Thinking
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