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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 and Ideas Are Free: How the Idea Revolution Is Liberating People and Transforming Organizations) use that word instead of “suggestion”

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Mark Graban
Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker, and podcaster with experience in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups. Mark's latest book is The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation, a recipient of the Shingo Publication Award. He is also the author of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, and the anthology Practicing Lean, previous Shingo recipients. Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.

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  1. Great point, I think I’ll start using “ideas” instead of “suggestions.” Suggestions (and boxes) are passe’.

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