What Nobody Tells You about Consistency and Efficiency
For all the benefits of six-sigma, lean, JIT, etc. (and there are significant benefits,) you must not let the focus on efficiency drive out innovation
For all the benefits of six-sigma, lean, JIT, etc. (and there are significant benefits,) you must not let the focus on efficiency drive out innovation
Managers become quite adept at problem solving which involves taking action to bring performance back up to where it once was. You know the drill:
A strategic vision is, by far, the least appreciated element of strategy, yet it has the power to focus the strategy, energize innovation, and mobilize
There’s a lot of talk about innovation these days. Much of it is academic and lacks practical application. Here are three important tactics from my
Today’s business world requires innovation and change and companies that aren’t good at these can quickly run into difficulty. But often overlooked is the role
For years I’ve helped companies improve innovation in a number of ways, and I continue to find that innovation itself is widely misunderstood. Innovation is
Every year, for the past 14 years, I have read a biography of a famous musician or composer. As I read each book, I listen
This is a very good week for reflection—looking both backward and forward. We spend most of the year caught-up in activities and plans and the
Many of the famous classical composers were excellent at improvisation. Mozart for example, would ask an audience for a few musical notes, then sit at
I caught myself reflecting gratefully last week as I overlooked San Francisco from our hotel. The view ranged from the Bay Bridge all the way
I was in Austin last week working with an international group on strategy. One of the key discussion topics was the need for change and
A university professor visited a Zen master to ask about Zen. The master served tea. He poured tea into the professor’s cup until it was
The experiment was simple. The scientists put a few bees and a few flies in a glass jar, and placed the jar against a window