Being that Generation Y makes up about 25% of the US population your business will eventually need to attract and keep generation Y employees. Generation Y are people born from about 1981-2002(dates vary depending on the source) and are also called the millennial generation, millennials, or echo boomers. All the…
No Comments + Read MoreTo reduce ink use and save money, the University of Wisconsin Green Bay’s IT department has changed the default font for Outlook to Century Gothic, which it says requires 30% less ink in printouts than Arial, the most commonly used default font. Ink accounts for about 60% of the cost…
No Comments + Read MoreMany times I run into a situation where the business think they understand what it means to add value and remove waste but don’t see how it will help their bottom line quickly. In larger companies it’s an easy argument to make that you will reduce costs, lower turnover, have…
No Comments + Read MoreWhen running a business there a a whole list of issues. No matter what industry you are in there are some common themes: motivating employees, increase sales, and save money all without money. Many people think that these are all independent and not related but there is a common underlining…
No Comments + Read MoreStudies have shown that people with high stress levels perform 50% worse on cognitive tests than people with low stress. Source: Brain Rules by John Medina In today’s workplace where high stress is a norm, how much productivity are we loosing due to too much stress? How many hears off…
No Comments + Read MoreOften times in the business world we want to hit the home run. Heck at every company I worked at there were awards for hitting “home runs!” But what about all the base hits and sacrifice fly balls? I’m not trying to confuse the business world with baseball but the…
No Comments + Read MoreI recently had to call into GoDaddy.com technical support to resolve an issue. The issue is irrelevant but the experience I had with the techs was fantastic and something you don’t see from many companies. I needed to call into customer service twice (due to my own issues not theirs)…
No Comments + Read MoreSo you want to “be Lean” but not really sure what that means? There are two parts to the “being Lean.” 1) The physical changes like line design (20%)2) The culture of you company (80%) I’ve talked at length about cultural importance and how to change your companies culture (previous…
No Comments + Read MoreScientist Sam Glucksberg once conducted an experiment where he divided a collection of participants into two groups, assigning both groups the Candle Problem. He gave one of the groups a cash prize incentive if they solved the problem faster than the average person who took the test. Surprisingly, members of…
No Comments + Read MoreThinking Thursday is a day to think about something besides lean, business improvement, six sigma, or the usual items discussed. Sometimes topics can relate to the business world and other times it’s just plain fun. Today’s topic is about being lean but not about being “Lean.” It’s a topic that…
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