Plus: Good participation by foreman new to project; Team raised important constraints; Good Lean ideas were discussed to aid with continuous improvement. Delta: End meeting on time.
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An article in the March/April 2016 edition of Chief Executive discusses the challenges dealing with federal regulations. The current Code of Federal Regulations is now more than 116 times the size of the collected works of William Shakespeare. Think of these regulations as standard work intended to balance the interests of the public and the various
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Plus: Meeting started on time; Technology worked as needed; Excellent questions and participant interaction; Software application presentation was very good. Delta: End meeting on time; Encourage more leadership team member to attend.
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Bob Dunning, a friend, collaborator on a paper discussing the application of Lean principles to transit planning, and Boeing alumnus, commented on my recent review of Lead With Respect. Bob brought up Theory X and Theory Y (Douglas McGregor) management approaches because the difference between those were discussed at Boeing. Theory X being the autocratic top-down
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Real Numbers: Management Accounting in a Lean Organization will not be the first Lean book in your library, but it is a book you need to fit into your reading rotation. The book is based on the experiences and observations of two finance executives who were actively part of their respective companies’ Lean transformation. In
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Income inequality is a topic Lean thinkers cannot avoid, even if many wish to do so. Income, whether from our time and expertise or from capital investments, is directly related to work. The issue has become a political hot button because negative income growth over the last decade has been experienced by a large number
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Knowledge workers are workers whose main capital is knowledge. Typical examples may include software engineers, physicians, pharmacists, architects, engineers, scientists, public accountants, lawyers, and academics, whose job is to “think for a living.” This is the first line from the Wikipedia page defining the knowledge worker. The above statement cites Thomas Davenport as the source
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Plus: The addition of a second job box with building information model available to building crews; Foremen using iPad as reference tool during planning presentation; Ability to catch up to meeting agenda during weekly plan review. Delta: Everyone be on time for start of meeting.
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Plus: First person report from field discussing workarounds for embed installation; plan for Study Action Teams. Delta: Encourage more attendance; encourage design team attendance; Review attendee list and determine if different people should participate.
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Even if you are not a fan of work with a serious message being presented in novel form, such as The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt and Jeff Cox, Lead With Respect is worth your attention.
Respect for People is a key Lean principle, and yet when expressed in an academic sense the concept can fail to c…
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