Leader’s Job
The leader’s job is to drive the bus; Get the right people on the bus Get the wrong people off the […]
Category: Consulting
Five Frogs
Five Frogs are sitting on a log. Four decide to hop off. How many frogs are left?* It doesn’t take much for […]
Muda in the Warehouse
Although created in the manufacturing environment of Toyota by Taiichi Ohno, the Seven Wastes can be found almost everywhere, if you learn […]
PowerPoint and other miscommunications
Recently read Edward R. Tufte’s The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within and initially dismissed his thesis as troglodyte. Now […]
Supply Shortage
What to do when there’s an industry-wide shortage? Long Tern Agreements & relationship intimacy (get in bed) Prepay for process capacity, schedule […]
Hansei
Hansei is a concept that Toyota uses as a practical improvement tool. Toyota actually conducts Hansei events, like Kaizen events, to improve […]
Nemawashi
In Japanese culture Nemawashi is an informal process of quietly laying the foundation for some proposed change or project, by talking to […]
Personal Plimsoll Line
Plimsoll Line (nautical) properly the International Load Line, a mark on the hull of a merchant ship to show the waterline under […]
Pearls before swine
Got notice today that a project I’ve been working diligently has been canceled, without cause and effective immediately. As a self-employed free-agent […]
Lee Hales
Today I had the good fortune to reacquaint myself with Lee Hales, president of High Performance Concepts and Richard Muther & Associates. […]
Month-end Madness
Do you have a “hockey stick”, where most of your bookings occur right at the end of the month, quarter, year? If […]
Mentoring
Supporting another person by sharing knowledge and experience in an area is mentoring. For example, an experienced executive might coach a new […]