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12 April, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

Asparagus from Peru

It’s a big decision, should you or shouldn’t you? The world is changing at a remarkable pace, yesterday alone I: 1.  Had Kenyan green beans and asparagus from Peru delivered to my door. 2.  Held a text conversation with a friend who is stuck in Austria (inconsiderate things volcanoes). 3.  Sent my camera to be […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: complexity, cost saving, outsourcing

This is Mine that is Yours

12 April, 2010 by James Lawther 1 Comment

We decide how we spend money in three areas: 1.  Purchasing:  which materials we buy. 2.  Specification:  what product or service we offer. 3.  Efficiency:  how well we convert raw materials into finished goods. These activities are controlled by the Purchasing, Brand Development and Operations departments.  They have the ability to make changes that will […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: clarity, communication, constraints, cost saving, marketing, measurement, reinforcing behaviour, silo management, tampering

Decide

12 April, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

The problem with decisions is that it is easy to make the wrong one.  It is easier to wait for more data and more information.  That way you won’t get it wrong and spend time and money chasing down the wrong decision. Not making a decision though is indecision.  If you don’t decide you won’t […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: communication, constraints, decisions, purpose, test and learn

One Half of One Percent

23 March, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

If I said the sum total of all your efforts today would make you 1/2 a percent better than you were first thing this morning, would you have bothered getting out of bed?  Or would you have just rolled over and gone back to sleep? We like to be bold, think strategically and lay big […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: continuous improvement, reinforcing behaviour

Strategic Domain of the Black Belt

20 March, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

What?

I was approached the other day by a recruiter for a job.  He wanted a “Lean Sigma Master Black Belt” to “lead a Strategic Transformation” in the “Service Domain”. Very interesting I thought, I had a couple of questions: What is a “Lean Sigma Master Black Belt”? What is a “Strategic Transformation”? What is a […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: bureaucracy, communication, jargon, lean six sigma, six sigma

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