The Waste of Unnecessary Communication
3 May 2011
Regular readers know I'm a big fan of visual communication - visual factory and visual leadership concepts. Coincidentally just last week I receiv…
The Obliquity of Lean
17 April 2011
A few days ago The Wall Street Journal had a book review on John Kay's Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly. I'm typically mo…
The Lean Tortoise... and the Hares
10 April 2011
I had a couple of hours to think this morning thanks to running the Wine Country Half Marathon. Yep, 13.1 miles, which is nothing (ok, half) compared…
Embrace the Opportunity of Failure!
2 April 2011
Most people and organizations abhor and outright fear failure. Why? Failure can create an impetus for improvement like no other event. Last Thursday…
Productivity from the People
18 March 2011
Interesting article by Kimberly Weisul in BNet describing a study on where CEOs really spend their time. As you'd probably suspect, the vast major…
The Sheriff Goes to the Gemba
6 March 2011
A story in this morning's paper on our new San Luis Obispo sheriff, Ian Parkinson, begins with the following story: On a recent Saturday night,…
2010 Management Improvement Blog Review
4 January 2011
As in past year's we're honored to be part of Curious Cat's annual management improvement blog review and will be taking a look back at fo…
Incenting the Positive vs. Restricting the Negative
20 December 2010
A couple weeks ago The Wall Street Journal published a series of articles on climate change - or the approach to reducing climate change - that I'…