Now and then something comes across that makes it all worth it. And nothing is more “worth it” to me than to know something I said or did contributed to someone’s insight or impetus to do something spectacular. Yesterday Earl sent me an email that is one of those times. I was going to edit [...]
Staight left an interesting post on The Whiteboard a couple of days ago: You’ve discussed 5S but Novaces, for example, has a 6S system. I think it would be great if you talked about different consultant companies and their processes. Novaces, it turns out, is a consultancy apparently based out of New Orleans. In the [...]
Remember when, a few short months ago, everyone was too busy taking orders and building up all of that inventory that you see out of your window now? Times have changed. Then again, very few can claim lack of a “burning platform” now. Platform? Today it is more about getting out of the building alive! [...]
As I mentioned a long time ago, Art Smalley’s web site, http://artoflean.com, is an excellent resource for learning. His thinking is cutting edge – he has kept up in the field. I am mentioning it here because he has a couple of really good resources available. Learning From Toyota is a presentation that challenges some [...]
Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die In Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath have addressed head-on one of the biggest problems with implementing change in people’s thinking and behavior — crafting the concept in a way that makes it compelling.. “sticky” in their words. The book is an extension of the concept described [...]
At the end of the last post I promised to write more when I was over the jet-lag of returning from three weeks in China. Well.. I didn’t, and how I am back over here. While I was in the USA I took some time off, or at least I did during my “day job.” [...]