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Why Do Employees Underperform?
9 May 2008 / 13 CommentsThe best free lean magazine I know of, Industry Week, recently discussed an interesting survey done by LifeCare Inc. where they investigated why some employees underperform…
Click Here to Continue Reading the Article...Is Toyota in Trouble?
8 May 2008 / 9 CommentsWhen I launched Google News this morning my eyes were immediately drawn to the headline “Toyota Posts First Profit Drop in Three Years.”
To summarize…
Click Here to Continue Reading the Article...Stumped in the Toilet
6 May 2008 / 10 CommentsI’d like to think I am a relatively intelligent person. I graduated with a 3.8 GPA during my undergrad studies and a 3.7 GPA while getting an…
Click Here to Continue Reading the Article...The Enemy of Better
5 May 2008 / 7 CommentsDo you aspire to be the best? How about your company… do they want to be the best? If so, I contend this is the deadliest…
Click Here to Continue Reading the Article...Confused about Time
1 May 2008 / 2 CommentsFor those new to continuous improvement the concept of time can be confusing. In this article I hope to clear up some common misunderstandings.
Takt…
Click Here to Continue Reading the Article...Life is like a bowl of oranges
29 April 2008 / 7 CommentsAs I mentioned towards the end of our most recent video the demonstration with the oranges, pebbles, sand, and water can be used to explain a…
Click Here to Continue Reading the Article...Oranges, Pebbles, and Sand
27 April 2008 / 17 CommentsIn this video my daughters and I demonstrate how meeting an objective is just the beginning to improvement.
Click Here to Continue Reading the Article...Takt Time Competition at Gemba Panta Rei
22 April 2008 / 3 CommentsI recently wrote a guest blog over on Gemba Panta Rei where I set up a hypothetical takt time question.
Jon Miller has been nice…
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Oranges, Pebbles, and Sand
27 April 2008 / 17 CommentsIn this video my daughters and I demonstrate how meeting an objective is just the beginning to improvement.
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