I hope this isn't your management system and approach to employee input (click to view via Dilbert.com):
Partial view:
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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.
Yesterday my boss responded to an idea in a meeting by saying “I’d be a bad manager if I said no, but…”
Really sparked the conversation.
I couldn’t believe he really said that with a straight face.
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