Too much ‘Fat’ in your business?
Share: It is a simple analogy, but one that really helps focus the mind. Is your business fit? Is it agile? Or does it […]
Read moreWhy quality comes before cost for any business
Share: During a recent workshop I was facilitating an interesting discussion developed. The operations team were arguing that cost to a business would always […]
Read moreDo you have the curiosity to improve?
Share: Observing small children as they learn about the world and the environment around them you realise they constantly challenge what they think they know. […]
Read moreTime to talk variation: on a slow train home
Share: I happened upon a very slow train ride home tonight and it got me thinking about variation. My first train had technical faults […]
Read morePlan for the year ahead
Share: Do you know where you are headed in 2016? Can you say that where ever you work in an organisation you know the […]
Read moreZero Waste vs Throw Away society
Share: What do we have reverence to look after as well as we should these days? I can give you a few examples […]
Read moreGreat companies grow strong roots
Share: It’s not the tallest tree that survives but that which has the strongest roots. A similarity can be drawn to organisations. The strong […]
Read moreThe Chalk Circle
Share: The power of Gemba is easy to overlook or to forget about, or simply not have confidence when we watch out busy ant […]
Read moreCan you see the opportunity? Value stream map
Share: When was the last time you looked up from the detail? Where ever we work in an organisation we focus on the […]
Read moreWhy change fails?
Share: We’ve all heard the phrase “the only person you can change is yourself” Yet when it comes to making a business change […]
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