In a past blog post, Include a Fluff Cycle in your Day, I recommended a little mindfulness. I said; Every Lean Enterprise practices all kinds of cycles with PDCA being the most prevalent. But has anyone ever asked you to include a Fluff Cycle? My idea of a Fluff Cycle is a deliberate effort to Read More …
Steve Horowitz’s Code ensemble plays contemporary American music with energy and passion. Founded in 1993, The Code has developed a cutting edge repertory with instrumentation that combines traditional acoustic and contemporary electronic instruments. Steve and the Code have released ten CDs over the years, and the ensemble has included many well known musicians. The Code’s Read More …
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Traditional Lean practitioners equate Lean to waste reduction and problem solving (SWOT). New practitioners of Lean emphasize knowledge and strength building (SOAR). More information: A New Approach to Lean – Robert Fritz. and Strength–Based Lean and Six Sigma. I equate this to the fundamental difference between SOAR and SWOT. SWOT is the age-old concept of Read More …
The following is an excerpt from Chapter 4 of The New Economics, second edition by W. Edwards Deming: A system cannot understand itself. The transformation requires a view from outside. The aim of this chapter is to provide an outside view-a lens-that I call a system of profound knowledge. It provides a map of theory Read More …
I had the pleasure interviewing Dr. Joyce Orsini, a professor of Fordham University and president of the W. Edwards Deming Institute and Kevin Cahill, the Executive Director of the Institute. Dr. Orsini has also recently authored the book, The Essential Deming: Leadership Principles from the Father of Quality and Kevin is the grandson of Dr. Read More …