3 Reasons Why I don’t Like “Best Practices”
In my line of business, the term “Best Practices” is very common. It is an abbreviation for the sum of all experiences people have made, condensed into how-to instructions, (design or behavior)...
View ArticleMy “Best Practices” Dislike Post is on Quality Digest Now
Some time ago I posted three reasons why I do not like best practices. I am happy to announce that a polished version can be found on Quality Digest.The post My “Best Practices” Dislike Post is on...
View ArticleUpdated – Limited Time Only: Free “Lean Self Pocket Edition”
This Special Offer Has Ended! The good news: You still can get the Lean Self Pocket Edition for free. Just subscribe to the Lean Self Newsletter. This is a special offer: For a very limited time, you...
View ArticleThe Luck Factor: Wealth, Pareto, Bell – a Love Triangle?
Check the video to get insights about Wealth, Pareto, Bell, and the Luck Factor. In 1906, Vilfredo Pareto made an astonishing observation: 80% of the land belonged to 20% of the people Since then,...
View ArticleWhat You Can Learn from Restaurants
Lean comes from the world of manufacturing. Today I want to use the organization of a restaurant as an example to show that Lean is not restricted to running and improving factories. I use the...
View ArticleWhat Drives You: Processes or Results?
Recently, on a train trip, I had an interesting conversation. One thing we talked about were cultural differences between various nations. I won’t bore you with the details, but here is what the...
View ArticleCultural Differences in Process Perception – Who is Who?
In my last post I wrote about cultural differences between nations A, B, and C. As promised, find the solution which nation is which: Americans (Nation A) are result oriented. Germans (Nation B) are...
View ArticleCompliance and the Illusion of Control
What is worse — doing something right for the wrong reasons or doing it wrong for the right reasons? Whenever we want somebody else to do something and we are in a position of power that question comes...
View Article7 Simple Empowerment Hacks
I have been away from this blog for a while. One of the reasons was that I was in the final rounds of writing a book together with Shirly Ronen-Harel (author of “Agile Kids”): “The Coaching Booster –...
View ArticleJack-o’-Lantern, Common Sense, and Lean
Often I hear people say “Lean is great, it is common sense practically applied.” I usually ignore this, because you could not say a lot about Lean which is more wrong than this statement. As a rule of...
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