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Can You See How Your Team is Responding to Problems Easily?
My friend Craig was telling me about a typical family birthday party he attended on a Saturday afternoon. He said they watched an enthusiastic 5-year-old open her gifts in record time. Then, they reminisced amongst themselves while watching the March basketball game...
Can You Identify Problems in Your Workplace Without Someone Showing You Where They Are?
Have you ever been shopping for a particular car in a certain color? If so, have you ever noticed how many of those vehicles you start to see on the roads every day? Why is that? Why do we notice certain things after they become an item of interest to us? I think its...
Are You Actively Seeking Ways to Make Problems Visible?
If we are not seeking ways to make problems visible who are we fooling? I once worked with an organization that ran three shifts. Like most three shift operations, non-conforming material was produced on all shifts. This material was later evaluated for disposition....
3 Hacks Change Agents Use To Create Positive Team Transformation
So many leaders are stuck working "IN" the business and don't make time to work "ON" the business. This can be a BIG problem. There are many ways to support positive transformation, however, I am going to focus on the three that take your leadership team outside their...
Do the Majority of People Regularly Break Larger Problems Down Into Smaller Problems?
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...
Do Your Leaders Have a Formal Self-Development Plan in Place?
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” ―Ernest Hemingway Imagine how many people are comparing themselves to someone else. Really the only person we should be comparing ourselves to is who we...
Do You Have Standard Work Displayed Visually?
Standardized work is built on established consistencies within work processes, and is the cornerstone of all continuous improvement. Taiichi Ohno, known as the father of the Toyota Production System, said, "Without standards, there can be no kaizen (improvement)."...
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