Heard a great comment today:
“Suggestions are things somebody else should do. Ideas are things that I can do.”
Maybe that is why Norman Bodek's books and the others (The Idea Generator: Quick and Easy Kaizen
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Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker who has worked in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups. His latest book is Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More. He is author of the Shingo Award-winning books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, as well as The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen. He also published the anthology Practicing Lean that benefits the Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation, where Mark is a board member. Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.
Great point, I think I’ll start using “ideas” instead of “suggestions.” Suggestions (and boxes) are passe’.