Continuous Improvement
Practicing together
The power of peerage.
Nibbling and chomping
Masticatory wisdom.
Taiichi Ohno's wisdom
Lessons from the grandmaster.
Incredulity
Three critical activities.
The value factory
Five ways to supercharge your innovation process using lean practices.
Slow down to go faster
Thinking and acting as one.
The Puzzle Episode 11
How to integrate customer feedback into your product?
Secret use of standards
A perennial pursuit of perfection.
On misleading duality of creating value
No, they are not polar opposites.
Uniquely ordinary
You are note alone.
Two types of competition
One of them might ruin you. The other will ruin you.
In plain sight
It's difficult to see what you don't want to see.
What is your business?
A foundational question.
Best friends
1+1=∞
Quench the fire
This little trick will blow your mind...
Eternal crusade
Ad infinitum.
Enduring engagement
Reject the illusion of quick success.
Thirteen corporate innovation questions answered
Oh yes! Even more practical answers to practical matters.
On self-improvement through innovation
A conversation with Nick Mann of The Don’t Quit Podcast.
What does it mean to have a coach?
Continuous betterment.
Pursue perfection
On fragility and resilience.
On using plain language
A conversation with Bella Englebach of The Edges of Lean podcast.
Lift the veil
Mystification is overrated.
Continuous improvement or innovation?
Deceiving dichotomy.
Fachidiot
Depth and breadth.
Mistakes and defects
A timeless lesson.
Veins of gold
This is the secret they don't want you to know!
On getting better
Stop robbing yourself.
On opportunities and possibilities
Innumerable options.
Spend ideas, not money
Next time you catch yourself lamenting that you need a bigger budget, embrace the constraint and reframe your issue.
Self-Sabotage Checklist
A practical way to be less successful.
The power of visual thinking
How does visual thinking practically help an organization?
Kaizen, kaikaku, kabuki
On categorising betterment efforts.
What does think big, act small look like in practice?
Taking massive action 24/7 is a good way to get a massive stroke.
Toyota Production System still going strong
At any given moment there are at least hundred things you can improve, but no one except you can do it.
What percentage of your company should be actively engaged in innovation?
Everybody should have the right to innovate, but not everybody should be measured on innovation performance.
Better banking—everyday in everyway
Banks that are excelling at continuous improvement also have much higher chance of succeeding with innovation.
I made people cry
On giving candid feedback.
Infinite progress
One easy way to waste more time than you save.
On Continuous Improvement
Core principles of continuous improvement are (1) process orientation, (2) improving and maintaining standards, and (3) people orientation. What are the fundamental behaviours for developing a culture of improvement?
