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Last week’s tweets

February 6, 2012

In case you missed it, here are some tweet & re-tweets of articles & other things that caught my eye last week: From Others: From @tedcoine: YES!! RT @shawmu: Actually give a S### about the development of individuals.ow.ly/8SkuB via @kris_dunn From @ShingoPrize: Robert Miller said Shingo Prize focuses on more than just culture, it focuses on how to change culture #lean#ShingoPrize From @DemingSos: “Stamping out fires is lot of fun, but it is only putting things back the way they were.” “Manage cause, not result. #Deming#quick-fix From @TheOnion - Area Man Uninterested In Creating A Better Community Even Though This May Benefit Him In...

Making Your Network…Work

November 11, 2011

By Geoffrey Lennon

Recently, I’ve enjoyed the opportunity to witness several strong examples of the positive impact that real, strategic networking can have. Being a part of these particular examples got me thinking a bit more about networking and what it truly means in the age of Facebook and LinkedIn.

The management lessons of angry birds

October 11, 2011

By David M. Kasprzak

Angry Birds, that time-draining app that has spawned a cult phenomenon and a slew of stuffed toys at Walmart, might seem like an odd place to look for wisdom on accomplishing tasks. Nonetheless, the game offers several highly useful examples of how to manage yourself and others in order to get things accomplished:

Lean for Life – Defining Value (Personal Life)

October 10, 2011

By Geoffrey Lennon

As individuals, we’re in the unique position of being both the ‘customer’ and the ‘producer’ in our lives. We (as ‘customers’) directly experience the results of the actions we take and the decisions we make as ‘producers’ (for good or bad). We ‘reap what we sow.’ From a Lean perspective, this is an absolutely tremendous position to be in! After all, if you, as the ‘customer,’ are responsible for defining the value you seek in your life, who better to create and deliver that value that you yourself!

The recipe: From Estimating to Planning

September 22, 2011

By David M. Kasprzak

Estimating is just one step along the way towards designing an executable project. The next thing that is necessary is a plan - and estimating is a quite different exercise from planning. A plan takes into account not just what needs to be done when, but how things move throughout the project, who moves them, when it will happen, what that movement enables or restricts, and an identification of what might change over the course of the project.

Process Improvement and the free flow of laundry

September 12, 2011

By David M. Kasprzak

Process Improvement and the free flow of laundry

Around the house, we've always had a problem with laundry. There's always a heap waiting to be ironed, hampers are overflowing, and many morning a search for clean socks would necessitate a trip to the basement to dig out a fresh pair from a laundry basket that was washed a week ago but still waiting to be folded. While a lot of folks might point to large-scale factory-wide process improvement efforts that take months to design and implement, I'm pretty content knowing that I was able to take all those concepts and apply them right here.......at home.....where it counts.

The uncluttered mind

September 7, 2011

By David M. Kasprzak

I came across this site recently, and I have to say, it is absolutely fascinating. Unclutterer.com is a fascinating, intensive site dedicated to improving personal productivity and quality of life by the elimination of unnecessary stuff. The site’s dozens of topics range from bedroom and kitchen, to college dorm, office, and general productivity and time management. The Productivity category especially caught my eye. Consider some of these recent posts: Routines can make even the most unsavory tasks easy Strategies for staying motivated while uncluttering and organizing Organizing regular processes Lean thinkers should become familiar with the site, as adopting some of what...

Process And Inventory Turns

September 2, 2011

By Elliot Ross

You will never find a magic technology tool that you buy and that will instantly start a waterfall of cash onto your bottom line. Technology? Sure – it can help automate or standardize a good process. But people have to be doing the hard work involved in those processes first.

Setting the tone: 10 tips for leadership

August 29, 2011

By David M. Kasprzak

We’ve all been put into situations where we need to take control of a situation early on. Otherwise, we’ll find ourselves constantly looking up at a perch of credibility and respect we’ll have to work hard to climb up to, if we can even get there at all. With that in mind, I came across a post that offered some advice for getting hold of a group right at the start, and establishing the necessary sense of authority without turning yourself into a dictator. The author offered the following 10 steps that I thought seemed to encapsulate the principles...

Better Estimates: It’s not about the accuracy

August 23, 2011

By David M. Kasprzak

Better Estimates: It’s not about the accuracy

My last post on the site, Forecasting Misunderstood, received some attention and a couple of good comments. Many thanks to the readers and tweeters! In that post, I indicated I’d follow up with some thoughts on how to get better estimates. To most, “better” means more accurate. While that is, of course, the end goal – bear in mind that no one has a crystal ball that actually works very well. Believing that estimates can be perfectly accurate is ridiculous. As I stated in my last post, reporting is a statement of the facts (meaning past events are described),...

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Last week’s tweets

Making Your Network…Work

The management lessons of angry birds

Lean for Life – Defining Value (Personal Life)

The recipe: From Estimating to Planning

Process Improvement and the free flow of laundry

The uncluttered mind

Process And Inventory Turns

Setting the tone: 10 tips for leadership

Better Estimates: It’s not about the accuracy

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