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I love to write about the work that I have done over the last 35 years. Because I have interfaced with the value-added players in my client companies, I have an unusual perspective on business change and how processes work. For that reason, I have been studying the details of how companies fail to meet their profit goals by not aligning Strategy with Process (just maybe, it’s the other way around). And I am going to talk about that with this blog. I have had other issues over the years that have captured my interest and they are included in the blog: 5/67 Problem Solving, Tribal Knowledge Paradigm, Culture of Innovation, and many other issues. Whatever, enjoy the material.
How to get all employees involved in the culture of Innovation.
I wrote a response to an Internet article and I would like to share it. I have been doing research on incremental innovation at both small and large companies for over 30 years. My research consisted of assembling teams of 4 to 6 people and giving them a goal of...
Using Kan Ban to Manage Business Expansion
A number of years ago, I had the privilege of meeting William Gore of W.L. Gore Associates. I was scheduled to meet with him over some technical things and toward the end of the discussion he got into how he decided when to split a division into two or more...
A View of Pioneers and Settlers from a David McClellan Perspective
I posted an article in response to a opinion piece about Google's understanding of the perfect team (What Google learned about creating the Perfect Team). The article is on this website and is entitled (Pioneers and Settlers on the Perfect Team). A friend of mine, Ian...
Pioneers and Settlers on the Perfect Team
I recently read an article on LinkedIn about research that Google did on managing teams. (see What Google Learned About Creating the Perfect Team) I wanted to comment about that. I have led over 10,000 teams in my War on Waste program. Our goal is to find...
Report Honest Data
As you might guess, the whole concept of measurement is based on reporting honest data. But sometimes it isn’t possible. At one of our early clients, a work cell was created to manufacture the particular product of interest and the workers were asked to report the...
Pope Francis Talks about Leadership
It's a rare day that I would introduce Pope Francis as the subject of a blog. But he deserves this one. He lectured his Cardinals about the 15 Diseases of Leadership as only he could do. It is a message that we all could listen to: The 15 diseases of leadership...
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