Comments for Management Meditations http://www.lmmiller.com/blog Navigating the Shores of Lean Management with Lawrence M. Miller Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:51:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Straight Talk: Avoid the Con of Quick and Easy Lean by Larry Miller http://www.lmmiller.com/blog/2012/01/31/corporate-culture/straight-talk-avoid-the-con-of-quick-and-easy-lean/comment-page-1/#comment-63915 Larry Miller Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:51:06 +0000 http://www.lmmiller.com/blog/?p=1160#comment-63915 Thanks, Lonnie. Much appreciated. Thanks, Lonnie. Much appreciated.

]]> Comment on Straight Talk: Avoid the Con of Quick and Easy Lean by Lonnie Wilson http://www.lmmiller.com/blog/2012/01/31/corporate-culture/straight-talk-avoid-the-con-of-quick-and-easy-lean/comment-page-1/#comment-63903 Lonnie Wilson Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:36:55 +0000 http://www.lmmiller.com/blog/?p=1160#comment-63903 Hello Larry, Like all your articles I appreciated this one. I think there is another dynamic at play in addition to the collusion of managers and consultants as they attempt to purchase and supply silver bullets to cure their management woes. That dynamic is the press....sometimes the lean press. I find a lot of lean initiatives getting lots of positive press for many of the early gains they achieve...yet you can almost smell that failure is right around the corner due to the immature design of the initiative. This press fuels the fire that there really is a silver bullet. Seldom do you hear "the rest of the story". I think the "rest of the story" needs to be told and you have done a good job of that. Lonnie Wilson law@qc-ep.com Hello Larry,
Like all your articles I appreciated this one.

I think there is another dynamic at play in addition to the collusion of managers and consultants as they attempt to purchase and supply silver bullets to cure their management woes. That dynamic is the press….sometimes the lean press. I find a lot of lean initiatives getting lots of positive press for many of the early gains they achieve…yet you can almost smell that failure is right around the corner due to the immature design of the initiative. This press fuels the fire that there really is a silver bullet. Seldom do you hear “the rest of the story”.

I think the “rest of the story” needs to be told and you have done a good job of that.

Lonnie Wilson
law@qc-ep.com

]]> Comment on Straight Talk: Avoid the Con of Quick and Easy Lean by Larry Miller http://www.lmmiller.com/blog/2012/01/31/corporate-culture/straight-talk-avoid-the-con-of-quick-and-easy-lean/comment-page-1/#comment-63884 Larry Miller Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:55:51 +0000 http://www.lmmiller.com/blog/?p=1160#comment-63884 Thanks, Jim. We have a little common experience with this business of consulting ethics and professionalism, don't we? Thanks, Jim. We have a little common experience with this business of consulting ethics and professionalism, don’t we?

]]> Comment on Straight Talk: Avoid the Con of Quick and Easy Lean by Jim Shaffer http://www.lmmiller.com/blog/2012/01/31/corporate-culture/straight-talk-avoid-the-con-of-quick-and-easy-lean/comment-page-1/#comment-63878 Jim Shaffer Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:40:07 +0000 http://www.lmmiller.com/blog/?p=1160#comment-63878 Larry, you are so spot on. Your piece does a great service to the legitimate consulting profession. As you well know, I are one too. Jim Larry, you are so spot on. Your piece does a great service to the legitimate consulting profession.

As you well know, I are one too.

Jim

]]> Comment on Straight Talk: Avoid the Con of Quick and Easy Lean by Mika Korhonen http://www.lmmiller.com/blog/2012/01/31/corporate-culture/straight-talk-avoid-the-con-of-quick-and-easy-lean/comment-page-1/#comment-63863 Mika Korhonen Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:06:05 +0000 http://www.lmmiller.com/blog/?p=1160#comment-63863 Dear Larry, I totally agree with what you say here. Most of the initiatives of this kind fail and consulting companies keep selling silver bullets over and over again. But I don't think its the consulting companies only to blame. Someone invites them in. Investment to Lean is done with hope of getting it hundred times back. Of course financial results are evident, but as I see it its only a side effect of successful transformation. Real change happens in the individual attitude and culture level. I don't think there are many business leaders who actually understand that building an organization based on values, using methodologies like Lean and Agile for constant development, and releasing human potential hidden inside of each of us is a secret formula which bring meaning, joy, happiness to peoples lives - but also financial results, better customer relations and in the end of the day contribute to the better world as a side effect. And I could not agree more on creating frank and open conversation. Its the first and foremost step. Maybe most difficult one. Without that step do not even dream about Lean. Mika Dear Larry,
I totally agree with what you say here. Most of the initiatives of this kind fail and consulting companies keep selling silver bullets over and over again. But I don’t think its the consulting companies only to blame. Someone invites them in. Investment to Lean is done with hope of getting it hundred times back. Of course financial results are evident, but as I see it its only a side effect of successful transformation. Real change happens in the individual attitude and culture level. I don’t think there are many business leaders who actually understand that building an organization based on values, using methodologies like Lean and Agile for constant development, and releasing human potential hidden inside of each of us is a secret formula which bring meaning, joy, happiness to peoples lives – but also financial results, better customer relations and in the end of the day contribute to the better world as a side effect.
And I could not agree more on creating frank and open conversation. Its the first and foremost step. Maybe most difficult one. Without that step do not even dream about Lean.
Mika

]]> Comment on Straight Talk: Avoid the Con of Quick and Easy Lean by Larry Miller http://www.lmmiller.com/blog/2012/01/31/corporate-culture/straight-talk-avoid-the-con-of-quick-and-easy-lean/comment-page-1/#comment-63858 Larry Miller Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:55:12 +0000 http://www.lmmiller.com/blog/?p=1160#comment-63858 Mr. Miller, I came across your article in an Industry Week e-mail and was in total agreement of your Straight Talk — Avoid the Con of Quick and Easy Lean article. I have been a practitioner of lean for 16+ years as a plant manager, lean consultant and currently as a director of supply chain. Your article identified one of the major challenges that I have encountered. I have seen many business owners and managers think lean is a process you do on the shop floor instead of a holistic approach to the entire organization. I have also encountered the same people that think the core of a lean practitioner how many Japanese words you know and there definitions. These same organizations were struggling to understand why there lean journey was stalled. I appreciate your Straight Talk article and will share it within my network. Best regards Joe Perillo Mr. Miller,
I came across your article in an Industry Week e-mail and was in total agreement of your Straight Talk — Avoid the Con of Quick and Easy Lean article.
I have been a practitioner of lean for 16+ years as a plant manager, lean consultant and currently as a director of supply chain. Your article identified one of the major challenges that I have encountered. I have seen many business owners and managers think lean is a process you do on the shop floor instead of a holistic approach to the entire organization. I have also encountered the same people that think the core of a lean practitioner how many Japanese words you know and there definitions. These same organizations were struggling to understand why there lean journey was stalled. I appreciate your Straight Talk article and will share it within my network.
Best regards
Joe Perillo

]]> Comment on Biography by Joe Perillo http://www.lmmiller.com/blog/biography/comment-page-1/#comment-63857 Joe Perillo Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:50:31 +0000 http://www.lmmiller.com/blog/?page_id=584#comment-63857 Mr. Miller, I came across your article in an Industry Week e-mail and was in total agreement of your Straight Talk -- Avoid the Con of Quick and Easy Lean article. I have been a practitioner of lean for 16+ years as a plant manager, lean consultant and currently as a director of supply chain. Your article identified one of the major challenges that I have encountered. I have seen many business owners and managers think lean is a process you do on the shop floor instead of a holistic approach to the entire organization. I have also encountered the same people that think the core of a lean practitioner how many Japanese words you know and there definitions. These same organizations were struggling to understand why there lean journey was stalled. I appreciate your Straight Talk article and will share it within my network. Best regards Joe Perillo Jperillo6@verizon.net http://www.linkedin.com/in/giuseppeperillo http://joeperillo.blogspot.com/ Mr. Miller,
I came across your article in an Industry Week e-mail and was in total agreement of your Straight Talk — Avoid the Con of Quick and Easy Lean article.
I have been a practitioner of lean for 16+ years as a plant manager, lean consultant and currently as a director of supply chain. Your article identified one of the major challenges that I have encountered. I have seen many business owners and managers think lean is a process you do on the shop floor instead of a holistic approach to the entire organization. I have also encountered the same people that think the core of a lean practitioner how many Japanese words you know and there definitions. These same organizations were struggling to understand why there lean journey was stalled. I appreciate your Straight Talk article and will share it within my network.
Best regards
Joe Perillo
Jperillo6@verizon.net
http://www.linkedin.com/in/giuseppeperillo
http://joeperillo.blogspot.com/

]]> Comment on Straight Talk: Avoid the Con of Quick and Easy Lean by Kennie http://www.lmmiller.com/blog/2012/01/31/corporate-culture/straight-talk-avoid-the-con-of-quick-and-easy-lean/comment-page-1/#comment-63855 Kennie Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:00:12 +0000 http://www.lmmiller.com/blog/?p=1160#comment-63855 Thank you for such good insight. I totally agree with you all. Completely and absolutely agree with you all However, many copycats in the world and keen shortcut rather than long term commitment toward the change. As the result, in many cases, Lean and continuo improvement are twisted and abused. the theory and inspirit of continuous improvement must be led by top management throughout all the way of changing transformation. Many thanks for sharing your professional insight. Kennie Thank you for such good insight. I totally agree with you all.
Completely and absolutely agree with you all
However, many copycats in the world and keen shortcut rather than long term commitment toward the change. As the result, in many cases, Lean and continuo improvement are twisted and abused. the theory and inspirit of continuous improvement must be led by top management throughout all the way of changing transformation. Many thanks for sharing your professional insight.
Kennie

]]> Comment on New Year’s Resolutions That will Have an Impact by Duane Cross http://www.lmmiller.com/blog/2012/01/03/team-development-and-action-learning/new-years-resolutions-that-will-have-an-impact/comment-page-1/#comment-63137 Duane Cross Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:00:32 +0000 http://www.lmmiller.com/blog/?p=1099#comment-63137 Good words of wisdom in an age when corporations seem to have stopped listening to basic truths instead continue to pursue profits through greed and moral (social, emotional, and spiritual) decline. Unfortunately, it seems that the globalization of our world's economy has distroyed the basic concepts upon which capitalizm was formed: trickle down theory, social responsibility, and shared risk and reward. Good words of wisdom in an age when corporations seem to have stopped listening to basic truths instead continue to pursue profits through greed and moral (social, emotional, and spiritual) decline. Unfortunately, it seems that the globalization of our world’s economy has distroyed the basic concepts upon which capitalizm was formed: trickle down theory, social responsibility, and shared risk and reward.

]]> Comment on New Year’s Resolutions That will Have an Impact by Mary Hale http://www.lmmiller.com/blog/2012/01/03/team-development-and-action-learning/new-years-resolutions-that-will-have-an-impact/comment-page-1/#comment-63112 Mary Hale Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:09:51 +0000 http://www.lmmiller.com/blog/?p=1099#comment-63112 Right on! I wish supervisors, managers, and upper management would read this and take it to heart. In these times of high unemployment, many employers feel that they can treat their employees with disregard because the employees are "stuck," afraid that they cannot find other employment and, thus, won't leave their jobs. I have long said that those in the trenches are the ones that keep the customers and are the fondation of business. They deserve great respect and recognition. We must all treat each other with high regard, great respect, and honest encouragement in these difficult times and forever more. Right on! I wish supervisors, managers, and upper management would read this and take it to heart. In these times of high unemployment, many employers feel that they can treat their employees with disregard because the employees are “stuck,” afraid that they cannot find other employment and, thus, won’t leave their jobs. I have long said that those in the trenches are the ones that keep the customers and are the fondation of business. They deserve great respect and recognition. We must all treat each other with high regard, great respect, and honest encouragement in these difficult times and forever more.

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