Get a process, not a person!
How does your company learn, when things go wrong? Do you scramble to figure out what to do? Do you leave it to your best
January 18, 2022
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Category: Leadership
The one skill (some) bosses DO NOT WANT their people to learn
Lots of leaders want their people to improve their skills; in fact that is a near-universal goal for managers, supervisors, and bosses in general. More
October 28, 2021
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FRESH EYES
How do you respond when you hear someone new is about to join your team? Do you secretly groan? “Oh boy, we need to explain everything
October 14, 2021
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H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y (to my company!)
On the 10th anniversary of my official kickoff into entrepreneurship, here are 5 things I have learned from the journey: 1) Just don’t give up.
September 1, 2021
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UNCERTAINTY (change & innovation)
U N C E R T A I N T Y // We don’t have time for complete information anymore. (Okay, maybe we never did).
September 1, 2021
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Lean and Safety
(from the archive, recorded Nov 2019) LEAN vs SAFETY — do we have to pick? It’s a common misconception that being Lean means doing things
August 19, 2020
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To those who MAKE and MOVE things… we owe you!
To those who MAKE and MOVE things… we owe you!! Even before COVID-19 shut most of our systems down, we had a shortage of labour
August 12, 2020
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Lean + Inclusion
LEAN + INCLUSION Many companies are making efforts to improve their diversity; better yet many are working on their inclusion. I have to admit —
July 29, 2020
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In defense of sticklers
Here’s to unsung heroes! (ok, very unsung…) They might seem like a pain in the butt — those people on your team that are always
July 15, 2020
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Freedom!
F R E E D O M !!! It’s like candy (according to an engineering manager I met recently). It’s oh so sweet. It gives
June 24, 2020
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