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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 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
I regularly get challenged about how much is too much or people say ” the effort required is beyond the potential benefit”. Or something to that effect. In principle there is no limit to how deep we should dive, how […]
September 09, 2014 - (0) comments - Change, Leadership, PDCA, Solving Problems
General George S. Patton (USA) was once quoted as saying “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week”. And I agree, in principle, although I would argue it is more relevant in war […]
March 11, 2014 - (0) comments - Change, Dynamic Organisations, PDCA
“Who’s fault is this?” is something pretty much everyone has heard at some point in their lives. At work it can lead to a devastating culture of blame leading to fear of action. When we work in organisations that are […]
June 18, 2013 - 2 Comments - Change, Leadership, Lean, Learning
Lean can deliver quick, bottom line results, however if those results are realised through a reduction in headcount, then the longer term benefits will most likely be non-existent. Why would anyone want to reduce their workload to enable the company to reduce the workforce which of course may include their own job. The intention or purpose behind the capacity increases delivered through Lean is to enable more sales and in turn a greater volume of work to be completed by the same level of inputs.
March 19, 2013 - (0) comments - Change, Leadership
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