Plus-Delta for Enterprise Project Update Work Session

Plus: Outstanding presentation; Presentation electronics worked well; Spirit of experimentation and PDCA on the project. Delta: Better directions to location; provide requests from project team to leadership for support; Adjust agenda to focus only on project review; Invite teams from other projects; Determine a way to provide updates on progress with new phase plan to leadership. 

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Big-to-Small Strategy for Growth is Bulk Thinking

A November/December Chief Executive magazine article identified an increasing trend of large companies acquiring small companies as a means of renewing growth. The “new approach” increases large companies’ exposure to new products, technologies, people and creativity. The idea reportedly is to compress the amount of time required to find and develop worthy new ideas and

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Performance Message from @StevenJSpear at #LCICongress2015

Reviewing my notes from October’s Lean Construction Institute Annual Congress I came across the following point Steven Spear made during his breakout session that ought to be printed and fastened above the door leaving every enterprise facility. “Performance results from out-learning others.” Steve’s statement is perhaps less elegant than “Play like a champion today” yet

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Enterprise Purpose: #Lean Thinking vs Bulk Thinking and the Investment Paradox

Identified and generally accepted as a primary Lean principle is the importance of identifying value from the Customer’s perspective (see www.lean.org). The corollary of this principle and its primacy along with other Lean principles and practices is that Lean thinking views creating value for the Customer the purpose of an enterprise. It’s important to recognize

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