Tag: respect for people
Lean is Green not Mean
Lean is Green not mean … But ‘Kaikaku’ is radical man! Kaizen v Kaikaku Respect For The Planet If anyone reads any of my rantz, a common theme in my thinking is ‘Respect for people and the planet’, the ‘Planet’ side of lean is both green and sustainable.Read More
Could Albert Einstein have got it wrong?
Could Albert Einstein have got it wrong? … when he said: “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough”. Lean suggests we have ‘Respect for people’ and consider the process capability and capacity, Six Sigma suggests we also consider process variation, deviation and stability. In root-cause analysisRead More
The need for rewards
Background: I was reading a post about Engaging and Motivating Employees by Warren Tanner at SoapBox.com. In his post Warren asked questioned rewards … “Is it really the psychological rewards that employees gain from feeling valued and engaged in meaningful work that encourages them each day, rather than the hopeRead More