Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: March 4, 2022
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing…
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Dan Pink
Author Dan Pink on “My Favorite Mistake” and His New Book “The…
Long-time listeners of my Lean Blog Interviews podcast will remember my interview with the NY Times best-selling…
Measures, Incentives, Heart Attack Mortality, Driving Safety, and Statistical…
In this post, I look at the impact (or lack thereof) of targets, rankings, and incentives, when it comes to safe…
Human Nature Around Incentives & Rewards… Even in North Korea?
Dr. W. Edwards Deming used to warn against replacing intrinsic motivation with extrinsic rewards and incentives.…
Is it a Bad Idea to Pay a Lean Consultant Based on a Percentage of Cost Savings?
The price paid for most management consulting work is based on either a daily rate or some variation of a…
If management stopped demotivating their employees…
I'm always happy when the wisdom of Dr. W. Edwards Deming spreads in modern social media, almost 20 years…
Guest Post: Misuse of Rules and Rewards
As Mark Graban stated in a recent post, "People fear or assume that a factory is...mindless, monotonous,…