Plus: Deeper focus on a single topic; Digging into the specifics of how a new Lean tool is working. Delta: If a group leader cannot be in meeting delegate a person to attend in their place; Have everyone participate more evenly.
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In addition to entertaining a child there is another great reason to travel to the theater and watch Disney’s new animated feature Moana, a well-told hero’s journey story. Prior to the feature is a thoughtful short, Inner Workings, about the internal battle between the heart and the head. In the short we get an inside
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Plus: The awareness and understanding of the LEGO® Serious Play® methodology; Understanding of hand/brain thinking; Limited time to build models; Everyone shares ideas; Cadence of workshop; Request to describe models built by others; Spending four hours using methodology rather than a one-hour demonstration. Delta: Bring the Batman character; Have more diversity in the room; Request that participants
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My four-year collection of Plus-Deltas from construction phase pull planning sessions include deltas with these five basic common themes. 1. Improve the Amount of Time Required for Planning Variations usually seek to shorten the time required, but there was one delta recommending a longer planning session. This is especially challenging for new teams with several
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Plus: Team identified new concerns early in the project; Team developed a sequence of work agreed to by all. Delta: Find a way to shorten the amount of time required for planning; Plan the work related to building the mechanical room first or plan this work during the rough-in phase planning; Plan the summer interior
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Learning to Learn and the Navigation of Moods is written to explain the importance of cultivating a disposition, or mood, crucial to learning. In a Lean environment this is important, as the expectation is that we are learning daily from our work. Flores describes the way certain moods are destructive to learning and prevent us
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This December 2016 article reports on VIBCO, a manufacturing company in Rhode Island, and its success living the Respect for People and Continuous Improvement principles. It doesn’t refer to the principles by name, but clearly they are in play. Some highlights… Machine operator Roland Smith had the freedom to redesign the manufacture of an equipment housing, reducing production
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Lean efforts may not always be explicitly labeled “Lean.” The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation post available here discusses the importance of companies committing to “continuous and rigorous analysis of every facet of their business to identify opportunities for improvement.” Whether the process improvement ethic promoted in the post is directly influenced by Lean or not, this type of advocacy
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Plus: Quality of the discussion; Made a lot of progress toward goals; Conversation stayed on topic; Did not use projected slides. Delta: Finish meeting on time; Continue work on limiting confusing conversations.
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Plus: Separating this project meeting from the other two on-site projects. Delta: Have foremen more engaged in discussing their work plans during the weekly work plan review; Send phase plans for next six weeks two days in advance of the weekly coordination meeting.
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