Key to Culture: I did it My Way

In this short video with Bill Capodagli, the co-author of The Disney Way, 3E we discuss culture and the results of establishing “The Disney Way” in an organization. Bill can be found at  Capodagli Jackson Consulting. A Collection of Business901 Disney Way Blog posts  [arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/S9kNHPOwtzU”/]

Two steps to Changing Culture

Larry Rubrich of WCM Associates LLC wrote one of the most straight forward books on Hoshin Kanri that I have seen: Policy Deployment & Lean Implementation Planning: 10 Step Roadmap to Successful Policy Deployment Using Lean as a System. I had a past podcast on Lean Construction with him,  An Overview of Lean Construction and Read More …

Can You Pass on Culture? Can You Pass on The Disney Way?

In a past podcast, I asked Doug Lipp  a world-renowned speaker and acclaimed expert on Disney and explained in his book Disney U: How Disney University Develops the World’s Most Engaged, Loyal, and Customer-Centric Employees; In your work, you try to pass on the Disney way to others? How tough is that? Doug:    It Read More …

Is Kaizen the Underlying Culture of Lean?

As much as Leader Standard Work is the organizational structure to develop and sustain a Lean Organization, Kaizen is the underlying culture. I recommend reading Chapters 1, 2 and 8 through 10 in The Toyota Way Fieldbook. I believe this will provide a bridge between Leader Standard Work and Kaizen. In a podcast with the Read More …

Mastery of Lean: Culture, Standard Work, Ideal

Dan Pink’s book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us is an excellent description of modern day Lean practices. Just using the example of Mastery from the book will give you an idea on how powerful of a process Lean actually is. I would encourage you to visit the Mastery chapter in Dan Pink’s Read More …