by Patrick Adams | Jun 16, 2023 | Articles, Culture & Engagement, Operational Excellence
When I think of scope creep I immediately think of building a house. I know of no other example that illustrates scope creep better than what my wife and I went through 24 years ago. I know we were not alone when dealing with this unavoidable aspect of building our...
by Patrick Adams | Jun 9, 2023 | Articles, Learning
How do you know you are improving if you don’t know where you started? Let’s imagine I was feeling cold and I wanted it to be warmer in the office. After about an hour, how would we know its getting warmer? I could say I “feel” like its warmer....
by Patrick Adams | Jun 2, 2023 | Articles, Problem Solving
Craig Tedrow spent twenty-seven years at the same company. He was thinking about a career change. It was 2011, and at that time computer networking was all the buzz. He enrolled in a two-year program to become a computer networking professional. If you ask Craig, he...
by Patrick Adams | May 19, 2023 | Articles, Lean Leadership
Have you ever seen the illustration of the boat with more rowers on one side than another? Perhaps you saw the exaggerated one with no rowers on one side and the boat just goes in a circle. The basic premise is solid. The same holds true for twin engine boats. With...
by Patrick Adams | May 14, 2023 | Articles, Culture & Engagement, Learning
My favorite scenic part of the trip was our bus ride from Nagoya through the Central Alps (mountains) to Nagano, and then to Takasaki. The Japanese Alps have been used as a place of ascetic practice for Buddhists monks since ancient times. These towering ranges...
