Asking someone “How was your day” vs asking “What was the best part of your day” will usually get you two very different answers. The usual response to how was your day is at best “fine.” When you ask what was the best part of your day it forces a…
No Comments + Read MoreThis the final post about a change management frame work ATEEP. We’ve covered alignment in Framework for Change Management Part I , team in Framework for Change Management Part II, experimenting in Framework for Change Management Part III, and execution in Framework for Change Management Part IV. The last step is the…
No Comments + Read MoreATEEP is the framework that we use to help accelerate and make change stick. We’ve covered alignment in Framework for Change Management Part I , team in Framework for Change Management Part II, and experimenting in Framework for Change Management Part III. Once you have your solution execution is next in the…
No Comments + Read MoreATEEP is the framework that we use to help accelerate and make change stick. We’ve covered alignment in Framework for Change Management Part I and team in Framework for Change Management Part II. This post we’ll cover the first E experimentation. Before we talk about experimenting I want to first talk about…
No Comments + Read MoreATEEP is the framework that we use to help accelerate and make change stick. We’ve covered alignment in Framework for Change Management Part I. This post we’ll cover T(eam) and why it’s important to the goals you want to achieve. Team refers to the people that you decide to put in…
No Comments + Read MoreIn the last post How to Triple Your Chances of Hitting Your 2017 Productivity and Quality Goals we talked about how addressing behavior is just as important as technical changes when it comes to achieving hard goals. We used the frame work ATEEP: A -Alignment T -Team E -Experiment E -Execute P…
No Comments + Read MoreIt’s now about four months into 2017 and hopefully you’ve made progress on your productivity and quality goals. If they are hard goals that don’t have easy answers you may have a harder time than you think accomplishing them. Most change efforts are only about 30% successful the first…
No Comments + Read MoreIn a previous article, Lean Manufacturing Concepts and How to Use Them Part I, we talked about wastes, flow, and over burdening as core concepts of Lean. For part II we are going to look at autonomation (aka jidoka) and continuous improvement (aka kaizen) and radical change/improvement (aka kaikaku). Autonomation/Jidoka Autonomation or…
No Comments + Read MoreIn Lean manufacturing the top three concepts you need to know about are Muda (Waste), Mura (Flow), Muri (overburdening). For why and how these three concepts became the focus of Lean Manufacturing read Is Lean Right for My Company. Waste is defined as Transportation Inventory Motion Waiting Over-production Over-processing Defects or the acronym TIM WOOD. Flow…
No Comments + Read MoreThe answer is absolutely and Hell no! Let me go in to detail as to why it’s both. Lean manufacturing has a history spanning back over 100 years informally and formally since Toyota in the 1960s. It’s grown to other industries and goes by names like Lean Healthcare, Lean Government,…
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