Category Archives: Lean
The True Meaning of Kaizen
I love learning. Especially when it’s about something I thought I understood already.
Enter this gem I received in this morning’s email. This video, produced by Gemba Academy, wow’d me as I learned more about the word Kaizen than I ever knew.
The … More ►
Is Lean Dependent on Executive Support?
Unequivocally, YES. But…there’s more to the story. We don’t throw in the towel if we don’t have all of the preexisting conditions in place.
Without the support of the senior most leader (which I’ll refer to as CEO), you can achieve … More ►
The Allure (and Myth) of Multitasking
As I explain the Focus chapter in The Outstanding Organization, multitasking is a fallacy—you can only perform one cognitive task at a time. What you actually do is “switch-task,” which, according to Professor David Meyer at the University of Michigan, adds 20-40% … More ►
