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 …