Eisenhower on Leadership, Sounds like a Lean Thinker to Me
You might think that "command and control" leadership styles are a thing of the past. But, old habits die slowly…
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What Do the “The Toyota Way” Books Say About Visual Metrics?
As I've been writing about "process behavior charts" - a simple, yet effective method for charting and reacting to…
Why and How This Pizza Restaurant Owner Engages People Through Kaizen
A culture of continuous improvement is really powerful - in a pizza restaurant or any type of workplace. It engages…
“The reign of the king-leader is gone” at GM? What about healthcare?
I was happy to see an engineer (Chemical Engineering) and a General Motors leader, Alicia Boler Davis, on the cover…
Mr. Burns From the Simpsons is, No Surprise, a Safety Hypocrite
We can probably all use a mid-week chuckle... I used to be a die hard fan of The Simpsons. I've drifted away from…
There’s a HUGE Problem with Donald Trump’s Outdated and Dangerous…
I generally avoid politics here on the blog... In October, I broached the subject when I blogged about a company…
Never Tell a Person What to Do… So, Here’s What You Should Do Instead
At KaiNexus, we love our customers and we're constantly impressed by what they're saying and, more…
What Bad Managers, Good Managers, and Great Managers Do
Today's post is something that I wrote for a broader LinkedIn audience, but might have meaning and…
Standardized Work: “Unity in the Essential, Liberty in the…
Our Kaizen Institute guide, Brad Schmidt (pictured above) talked to us on Monday about standardized work. He said,…
Command-and-Control Killed this Cosmonaut? Lessons for Our Organizations…
Lean is not a "command and control" leadership and management model. The old command-and-control dynamic leads to…
Quelling Command and Control Thinking
QW: Freedom from command
This might make for interesting reading in conjunction with the earlier piece on a Lean…
Most businesses are "Soviet" in character?
WSJ.com - Workers of Europe Innovate (subscription required)
Great article in the WSJ today about a company in…