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Random Thoughts: Still on my Elimination of Waste Soapbox
I was just skimming / reading my dissertation (part of an effort to make some of the knowledge in it more accessible. That dissertations aren’t widely read is not a secret 😉 I was thinking / realizing how much my thinking and understanding has advanced in the 3.5 years since I wrote it and it…
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Blogging on Blogs: Purpose: Why have one?
Purpose, like so many things, can be looked at from different perspectives. With Lean it seems it is usually discussed at the organization or department level. It might be told or reached by consensus – does which matter? But what about individual purpose? Is that important? Do you want to live longer?                         …
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Building on a Previous Post: Understanding Motivation: Can It Help Influence Willingness to Change?
Respecting and understanding where people are at using motivation interviewing was discussed in a previous post: Understanding Motivation: Can It Help Influence Willingness to Change? Capital One has provided a phenomenal resource by compiling and sharing material on using motivation interviewing: Coaching Past Denial and Resistance.
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Blogging on a Blog: Cost Reduction, Waste, and Purpose
It is somewhat ironic* that I would write a post on waste: Cost Reduction, Waste, and Purpose. I never lead any conversation on Lean with waste and I cringe (at least on the inside) when I hear Lean defined as the total elimination of waste. The core of that cringing is the elimination of waste…
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Blogging on a Blog: The Key to Lasting Behavioral Change: Think Goal, Not Tactic
I read a fantastic blog by Elizabeth Grace Saunders at the Harvard Business Review Blog Network a couple days ago about focusing on goals rather than tactics and couldn’t help myself from thinking about how it supports and helps explain aspects of lean thinking. The gist of the post is to not get too focused…