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Old Tools For A New Problem

By now, the world would have known that the new “Covid normal” way of working [...]

Seven steps to create a continuous improvement culture

Have you ever wondered why it is difficult to get your organisation to accept new [...]

Three successful change models (part 3) – Alcoholics Anonymous

Keith Ferrazzi, author of the book Never Eat Alone, and his team compared the method [...]

Change model – method from reality TV

There are so many reality TV programmes nowadays. I particularly like those reality TV programmes [...]

Rewire the brain

Are you a change agent? If you are, you probably have faced these responses many [...]

5 questions about changing mindset

Sometime ago I posted a question on LinkedIn. I asked what the most challenging aspect [...]

Excellence is made up of many small things

If someone asked you “I would like to excel in …., what should I do?”. [...]

Taking the long way home.

The best thing about a convertible is the simulation of riding a motorbike without a [...]

Lesson on transformation from Transformers.

Recently I bought a Transformers toy for my four year old son. The toy can [...]

Lesson on problem solving from my garden.

This is a photo of a tree in my garden invaded by ivy.  The triangle [...]

From lean novice to lean expert in 5 steps

Like thousands of lean enthusiasts, I started my lean implementation armed with a few books, [...]

Lean Manufacturing basics with Chinese translation

7 WASTES 七大浪费 1.Overproduction 生产过剩的浪费 2.Waiting 等待的浪费 3.Transportation 搬运的浪费 4.Over processing 过度处理的浪费 5.Inventory库存的浪费 6.Motion 动作的浪费 [...]

Implementing an improvement program like Lean is like cooking.

Implementing an improvement program like Lean is like cooking. Cooking is easy (if taste doesn’t [...]

Making a wasteful step more efficient is not improvement!

Some might think that lean is the same as any other continual improvement programs that [...]