New Year’s Resolutions That will Have an Impact
Beginning the new year is a good time to reflect and make commitments to change our own behavior in some way that will have a positive impact on others. Here are some suggestions.
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How You Change Is The Change
Lean Management is not a change methodology; it is a destination, a desired set of practices and culture. How you get there will determine the outcome.
Read MoreLean Healthcare
Lean Healthcare and Change Methodology Over the past months I have been working rather intensely with a Canadian healthcare organization, the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON). This effort to create a model of lean healthcare has...
Read MoreLean Culture and Continuous Improvement Require Enabling Structures
Lean management requires a rethinking of the structure of organizations, the formation of teams, and a “whole-system” understanding of the organizational system. Even how we structure the change process may result in a failure to address the root cause of waste and quality problems.
Read MoreLean Leadership – The ONE Quality that Matters Most
Rupert Murdoch’s first remark in his testimony before Parliament was that this was the most humble moment of his life. No doubt true. Hubris, rather than humility has led many companies over the cliff of disaster. The quality most required of those leading continuous improvement is the opposite of hubris, it is humility, the antecedent to learning. Lean leaders develop an attitude of science, the ability to experiment, learn from the data, and try again. Lincoln’s victory over General Lee was a victory of humility over hubris.
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