Tag: Dan_Pink
Guest Post: The Chain of Improvement
Mark's note: Today's guest post is from Dr. Mark Jaben. I first met Mark in person at Cindy Jimmerson's Lean Healthcare West conference in...
Stopping the Blame Game – Great Article from HBR
This one got stuck in the "stuff to blog about" pile for a few months, but HBR published a gem of an article called...
Why Samuel Culbert Says We Must Get Rid of Performance Reviews
TL;DR: Samuel Culbert argues that performance reviews are subjective, political, and harmful to results. Instead of judging people once a year, leaders should coach...
Why Setting Targets for the Number of Kaizen Ideas Usually Backfires
When an organization sets a target for the number of kaizen ideas employees should submit, it usually gets exactly what it asked for --...
Texas Snow Days Expose the Gaming of Standardized Tests
As you might have heard, considering all of the Super Bowl media hype from here in North Texas, our weather has been pretty bad....
So What If You Don’t Have Stats for Offensive Lineman?
It's Super Bowl week in the U.S., which is probably even obvious to many readers from outside of North America. As we watch the...
Individual NFL Player Incentives – Why Are They Necessary? Do They...
There was a really good discussion and story on the ESPN program "Sunday NFL Countdown" today about individual player incentive payments -- why are...
Daniel H. Pink Discusses the Intersection of Lean Methodology and Motivation...
Dan Pink joins me to discuss his book Drive and the science behind what actually motivates people -- ideas deeply aligned with Lean thinking...
BCG White Paper on Lean in Government and Public Services
I've written occasionally about Lean efforts in government (see a list of posts here). There are formal Lean government efforts at varying levels of...
Daniel Pink on Alternatives to Annual Reviews
I saw a nice article by author Daniel Pink (most recently the author of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us) called "Think...
Economics: From “Dismal Science” to Dismal Home?
I nearly drove off the road when I heard this NPR story yesterday: "Allowance Economics: Candy, Taxes And Potty Training." Please take a listen...
What Makes You Want to Do Better?
Recently, I was able to visit VIBCO, a Lean manufacturing company in Rhode Island. Company President Karl Wadensten is the host of "The Lean...
