Busting Paradigms with Principles 1
Busting Paradigms with Principles – Part One “Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom that we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge ...
Beer and Forrester
Beer and Forrester – A tale of humans vs. data The idea of a “beer game” is always tempting. Jay Forrester’s Beer Game, developed in the late 1950’s, was, until ...
The lean leadership dilema
The Daily Lean Leadership Dilema – The Reality of Competing Commitments Lean leadership behaviours and principles are discussed much more readily these days as the predictable correction away from a ...
The Unlearning Curve
The “learning curve” is only truly exploited by first “unlearning”…… It seems that almost every organisation aspiring to be lean or agile has a “system” that is visualised as a ...
If you change the way you look at things
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” Max Planck This is a quote from the founder of Quantum Physics, German physicist Max ...
Roads Demand and the Law of Unintened Consequences
Roads, Demand and the Law of Unintended Consequences Thoughts from a (very busy) Manchester or Moscow Ring Road On google maps the distance from my home to Oldham is just ...
DCAF Muda Monster
Lean Thinking and the Muda Monster – Beware the missed principle. You can’t move these days for a monster or a mythical creature. Is it the only way we will ...
Notes from a small lean island
Team Integra Blog - Notes from a small lean island 16 or so years ago I read Bill Bryson’s iconic book recounting his journey around the quirky nuances of his ...