Comments on: The Paper Shuffle http://theleanthinker.com/2008/04/15/the-paper-shuffle/ Thoughts and insights from the shop floor. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:25:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ethan Berry http://theleanthinker.com/2008/04/15/the-paper-shuffle/#comment-3756 Ethan Berry Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:28:41 +0000 http://theleanthinker.com/?p=121#comment-3756 You are perfectly welcome Mark. I look forward to reading more in the future. Maybe my inadequate powers of persuasion can yield a few more readers. You are perfectly welcome Mark. I look forward to reading more in the future. Maybe my inadequate powers of persuasion can yield a few more readers.

]]> By: Mark http://theleanthinker.com/2008/04/15/the-paper-shuffle/#comment-3735 Mark Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:23:34 +0000 http://theleanthinker.com/?p=121#comment-3735 Ethan - Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate it a lot when I know somebody actually reads this stuff. Ethan -
Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate it a lot when I know somebody actually reads this stuff.

]]> By: Ethan Berry http://theleanthinker.com/2008/04/15/the-paper-shuffle/#comment-3728 Ethan Berry Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:51:18 +0000 http://theleanthinker.com/?p=121#comment-3728 Mark, Again, your insight lead my mind in the appropriate direction. (And inspired about a dozen ideas.) It is shocking what can be accomplished by thinking in terms of "departure from the ideal" as opposed to sniffing out pieces of "waste cheese" in an office cubicle maze. One could make a comparison to life in general: Where a goal is to be accomplished, there first must be a detailed vision of that goal. Without a precise vision, valuable time and money is used on "shots in the dark". At best this results a mediocre outcome, merely because of a vague definition. Lean could be called a philosophy used to precisely define and map the process of profitability. Philosophy is a reasoning process that allows us to move forward where experience does not exist. This was why your post, "<a href="http://theleanthinker.com/2008/01/23/how-the-sensei-sees/" rel="nofollow">How the Sensei Sees</a>" changed the way I approach goals. I guess its time for some persuasion around the office. Thanks again, Ethan Berry Mark,

Again, your insight lead my mind in the appropriate direction. (And inspired about a dozen ideas.) It is shocking what can be accomplished by thinking in terms of “departure from the ideal” as opposed to sniffing out pieces of “waste cheese” in an office cubicle maze.

One could make a comparison to life in general:

Where a goal is to be accomplished, there first must be a detailed vision of that goal. Without a precise vision, valuable time and money is used on “shots in the dark”. At best this results a mediocre outcome, merely because of a vague definition.

Lean could be called a philosophy used to precisely define and map the process of profitability. Philosophy is a reasoning process that allows us to move forward where experience does not exist.

This was why your post, “How the Sensei Sees” changed the way I approach goals. I guess its time for some persuasion around the office.

Thanks again,
Ethan Berry

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