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Obvious With Hindsight

12 November, 2011 by James Lawther 1 Comment

Thanksgiving

A rather unhelpful phrase It implies that you are pointing out the obvious But sometimes the obvious is really worth pointing out Sometimes the obvious is only obvious once it has been pointed out Here is an example for you… The graph shows the number of Google searches for the term “bread” A dip in […]

Filed Under: Blog, Operations Analysis Tagged With: data presentation, six sigma, time series plot, trend analysis, visual management

The Office Tour

8 November, 2011 by James Lawther 2 Comments

Office Tour

Whenever I visit somewhere new I am always given a tour of the offices.  I am not entirely sure why.  I have been in offices in Manchester, London, Glasgow and Swansea and they all look the same. More to the point I have been to Bangalore, Washington, Rotterdam and Sydney and to be honest they […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement, Tools & Techniques Tagged With: key performance indicators, manufacturing, office productivity, visual management

Easy Life

4 November, 2011 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

Here is a quote I like: Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. – James Baldwin There is a lot of truth in the statement, we aren’t very good at facing into the truth.  We sugar coat issues, we down-play the negative and talk up […]

Filed Under: Blog, Process Improvement Tagged With: accountability, clarity, fessing up, trust

You are a Very Naughty Boy

3 November, 2011 by James Lawther 6 Comments

Performance Improvement Plans

Performance management I was talking to one of our HR managers the other day. He was ranting about one of our employees. This employee (let’s call him Frank) has been struggling for a while, his attitude is a little, how can I put it, negative, he always has a reason why things can’t be done […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: continuous improvement, performance management

Nasty Evil Wallboards

2 November, 2011 by James Lawther 1 Comment

Wallboard

Call centres fall into two categories. Some have wallboards, they show how the operation is performing They show call centre agents how many customers are in the queue, how many customers have been answered, how many have hung up, how long customers are waiting… You get the idea Other call centres don’t show wallboards, it […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: communication, information technology, visual management

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