“Going Lean” can be very exciting for a company because of the results it can produce. An engaged workforce, reduced costs, faster delivery times, better quality, and a competitive advantage in the market place to name a few. You hear companies like Toyota using it to compete in a very…
No Comments + Read More“Innovation is anything but business as usual” – Anonymous Innovation can be broken down into two categories: 1) Evolutionary 2) Revolutionary Evolutionary innovation is applying existing solutions to existing problems ad revolutionary innovation is coming up with a new solution to a challenge. Evolutionary innovation is building a faster…
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No Comments + Read MoreMost people seem to have a love hate relationship with meetings. Not many people seem to like them and sometimes they seem to be a waste of time. That’s usually because meetings are done wrong. Daily meetings are meetings that happen 3x a week to 10x a week and…
No Comments + Read MoreIn The Continuous Improvement (Lean) Paradox Part I we talked about how only 2% of companies that start Lean get the results they expected. In part II we’ll talk about bridging the gap between expectations and results. We talked about the reasons why Lean efforts fail and not a…
No Comments + Read MoreThe goal for many companies is the always improve their business. So naturally this mean some sort of continuous improvement program being launched. Let’s take a look at some statistics on Lean or other Continuous Improvement methods and how they actually look in companies. 70% of manufacturing plants are currently…
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No Comments + Read MoreHappy new year! This is the time of the year where you might ask yourself what can I do differently? How Can I make the change that I want from my business, my life, my health? What ever it is you are trying to accomplish, keep positive and surround yourself…
No Comments + Read MoreIn recent posts we talked about blockages people get and how to get them through those blockages when doing a Lean transformation – Getting People to See Opportunity for Improvement Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. We dove deep into how to minimize blockages and the common archetypes you…
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