Does it Matter and do you know?

Share:   Have you heard the analogy of the boiling frog? It is said that to boil a frog you introduce it to tepid water […]

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Do you have the curiosity to improve?

Share: Observing small children as they learn about the world and the environment around them you realise they constantly challenge what they think they know. […]

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Eliminating waste … Learning to see

Share:   To be Lean you have to be able to eliminate the waste from your process. To be able to eliminate the waste you […]

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Zero Waste vs Throw Away society

Share:     What do we have reverence to look after as well as we should these days? I can give you a few examples […]

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The Chalk Circle

Share:   The power of Gemba is easy to overlook or to forget about, or simply not have confidence when we watch out busy ant […]

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Can you see the opportunity? Value stream map

Share:     When was the last time you looked up from the detail? Where ever we work in an organisation we focus on the […]

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Why change fails?

Share:     We’ve all heard the phrase “the only person you can change is yourself” Yet when it comes to making a business change […]

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My ‘Job’

Share:   My job. I know what it involves. I turn up, maybe clock on (or the union or HR has done away with that). […]

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Continuous Improvement Programme

Share:   In previous posts we have talked about creating the ‘burning platform‘ and the desire for change but what do you do when you […]

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The Value of 5s: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

Share:   Last month I ran a 5s workshop. For those of you who don’t know – 5s is is the name of a workplace […]

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