by Patrick Adams | Dec 17, 2022 | Articles, Lean Leadership, Learning, Strategy & Innovation
Wanting to succeed is a natural and worthy desire; but success does not always require struggle and suffering. It can be relatively painless, and done in such a way that you are having fun even when you’re working extremely hard. The key to unlocking effortless...
by Patrick Adams | Dec 2, 2022 | Articles, Change Management, Culture & Engagement, Lean Leadership
How do we best facilitate change within our organizations? Better yet, how do we initiate the right kind of change today? The answer is simple: Kaizen. Kaizen is a Japanese word made up of two distinct characters: One character means ‘change’ while...
by Patrick Adams | Nov 22, 2022 | Articles, Lean Leadership, Operational Excellence, Strategy & Innovation
“A goal without a plan is just a wish” Antoine de Saint Exupéry If you have ever attended a personal growth seminar, chances are you’ve heard this quote, and for good reason. But what does it mean? Why is this quote so powerful? It’s simple really. It means without...
by Patrick Adams | Nov 19, 2022 | Articles, Change Management, Lean Leadership, Learning
While serving in the military, I was both trained and executed military planning and decision making. And here is the most important takeaway…. Have you ever heard the phrase: “No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy”? Military officers make...
by Patrick Adams | Nov 12, 2022 | Articles, Lean Leadership
I once worked for a leader who led by fear. He used fear to control people around him instead of trusting them and inspiring them to do great things. The result was a culture where people hid the truth; because of fear of being called out in front of their peers in an...
by Patrick Adams | Nov 5, 2022 | Articles, Lean Leadership
What is accountability? One dictionary definition says “the obligation of an individual or organization to account for its activities, accept responsibility for them, and disclose the results in a transparent manner.” Sounds easy right? Not really. To be accountable,...
