Author Archives: iqifront

Have you ever wondered why it is difficult to get your organisation to accept new ideas while others readily accept them? This article relates a real example of how a continuous improvement culture started. 1. Why are some organisations more accepting to change than others? The other day, I was having lunch with a friend, […]

Keith Ferrazzi, author of the book Never Eat Alone, and his team compared the method of change management and addiction treatment (3). Keith made an analogy between the AA method and the change management method in his article. AA uses a 12-step program and has a superior track record. Here are my experiences with the […]

There are so many reality TV programmes nowadays. I particularly like those reality TV programmes that deal with transformation. One of my favourites was Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. His program was about changing the way people eat. Usually, his program ran for an hour, and he was always successful. But when I watched the episode […]

Are you a change agent? If you are, you probably have faced these responses many times over: why break something that is not broken? we are OK no thanks no offence, but we have been doing this for many years, and it is the best by far I can’t see the benefits Are these responses […]

Sometime ago I posted a question on LinkedIn. I asked what the most challenging aspect was when implementing lean transformation program. The responses surprised me. They were overwhelmingly indicative that changing the mindset of people and not tools or techniques was the greatest challenge to transformation. Indeed changing one’s tightly held belief, values, practises, habits […]

If someone asked you “I would like to excel in …., what should I do?”. What will your answer be? Will you say work hard at it every day or study real hard or even make sacrifices? Many years ago, I learned that excellence is as simple as setting up a hi-fi set. I heard […]

The best thing about a convertible is the simulation of riding a motorbike without a helmet in a much safer environment. That was the reason why I purchased one. I read somewhere it is a hairdresser’s car or a man of my age driving this type of car is having mid life crisis. I disagree. […]

Recently I bought a Transformers toy for my four year old son. The toy can transform from a Transformers to a car and vice versa. My son loved it. He played with it the whole day and was holding it when he went to sleep. I was however a bit disappointed. I was disappointed because […]

This is a photo of a tree in my garden invaded by ivy.  The triangle foliage is the ivy surrounding the tree (which you can only see the trunk). Do you find the shape peculiar? It is definitely not a work of art, nor was it my horticulture or gardening skills running wild. It was […]

Like thousands of lean enthusiasts, I started my lean implementation armed with a few books, some googled pages and plenty of youtube hours. A few lean principles such as one piece flow, reduction of inventory, value stream mapping, supermarket system, pull and F1 tyre changeover were attractive to me at that time.So I went on to start the […]