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The Power of Cooperation

20 January, 2024 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

koffie met slagroom

Koffie Met Slagroom Anyone? I went on holiday last month. No sun-soaked Caribbean beach for me. Instead, it was the joys of Northern Europe. It rained every single day and then the rain became stormy (you should experience the Rotterdam to Hull ferry in a force eight gale, it is a big boat but it […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: collaboration, cooperation, performance management, road sign, standardisation, targets

Continental Management Reviews

24 September, 2011 by James Lawther 2 Comments

I hate driving on the continent. It’s hard work.  It isn’t just the fact that foreigners will insist on driving on the wrong side of the road (though that doesn’t help), the real problem is that I am constantly bombarded with information that I don’t quite understand: road signs, billboards, lane markings, traffic lights… and […]

Filed Under: Blog, Operations Analysis Tagged With: best practice, effective meetings, error proofing, measurement, road sign, video

Stop

12 June, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

Sometimes clear and simple is best. Watch the video, you will see what I mean. Photo by Nadine Shaabana on Unsplash

Filed Under: Blog, Process Improvement Tagged With: best practice, clarity, communication, road sign, video

Attention Drunks

18 March, 2010 by James Lawther 1 Comment

Officials in the Romanian town of Pecica have erected a number of road signs showing pictures of drunk revellers to drivers as a warning.  Apparently the town has a vibrant night-life that doesn’t mix too well with cars. Road signs can be great examples of process improvement.  I like this one for a number of […]

Filed Under: Blog, Process Improvement Tagged With: clarity, error proofing, process control, road sign, visual management, waste

No Way In

18 January, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

I found this picture on the “learning about lean” blog.  It made me smile. This is an obvious case of mixed messages, but it isn’t just a problem for sign posts.  Have you ever come across the same issue when you are filling in a form and wondered what on earth you are supposed to […]

Filed Under: Blog, Operations Analysis, Process Improvement Tagged With: error proofing, road sign

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