Evolving Excellence is honored to host this edition of the Management Improvement Carnival. For past carnivals go here.
- Standard Work and the Folly of Multitasking (Time Back): Even more data that supports the admittedly counterintuitive notion of single flow sequential work being more efficient that multitasking.
- The Wizard of Oz School of Lean (Gemba Panta Rei): Why the quick in-and-out "do this now" consulting operation doesn't work... taking the time to learn by doing is critical to a lean transformation.
- Complexity and Love Songs (Lean Six Sigma Academy): After your eyes roll a bit, an interesting discussion on whether assembly fixturing adds to consistency or to unnecessary complexity.
- The Retrospective of Retrospectives (Agile Tips): How large agile teams with multiple sub-teams can effectively implement the Retrospective phase.
- President of Darthmouth Endorses Lean for Healthcare (Lean Blog): Fixing healthcare is not a matter of technology, but of process. A reminder for every organization that complexity drives cost.
- Turnaround and Change Mananagement - Do Not Waste a Good Crisis (shmula): A good crisis can drive good people to urgency and excellence.
- Timeboxing for Creative Professionals (Change Order): Using short, structured sprints to defeat procrastination.
- The World Used to be Flat (Indexed): Question what is accepted as fact, ubiquitous in effect, and practiced by people. Traditional accounting...?
- Purist (Gaping Void): "It's easy to spot a purist: they're the ones without any skin in the game." Consultant? Politician? The nearly 50% that no longer need to pay taxes?
- Understanding How to Manage Geeks (Curious Cat): Geeks that have to deal with software bugs can teach us something about "management bugs."
- You Gotta Be Original (Evolving Excellence): Real strategy is not just following the old tired paths of chasing low cost labor, outsourcing, or even implementing lean tools. It is finding a unique pathway to competitive advantage.