Leadership Advice Archives - COP Solvers (Consortium of Problem Solvers)

Open Systems Antithesis Theory

by COPSolvers | Apr 24, 2018 | Chalk the Field, eWaronWaste, Leadership Advice, Problem Solving

Organization Development (OD) people have evolved a special language to describe what happens when companies change. So I have adopted their language to describe what we do. We solve problems but as a side bar, we change companies, we think for the better. In the...

How to get all employees involved in the culture of Innovation.

by drelbie75 | May 4, 2017 | Chalk the Field, Leadership Advice

Solving the Common Core Problem I walked into this client over 28 years ago as a result of a fax generated lead. He listened to what I had to say and signed up. He had a business that he had started from scratch and, like a true entrepreneur, he had...

Using Kan Ban to Manage Business Expansion

by drelbie75 | Dec 5, 2016 | Leadership Advice

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

by drelbie75 | Nov 18, 2016 | Leadership Advice

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...

Pioneers and Settlers on the Perfect Team

by drelbie75 | Nov 17, 2016 | Leadership Advice

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

by drelbie75 | May 26, 2016 | Chalk the Field, Leadership Advice

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...