“Changing a Continuous Improvement Initiative into a Global Program”; LMJ Board Member and XONITEK’s Chairman, Joseph Paris, discusses the tribal nature of people and how it hinders the scaling of lean in business.
Published in Lean Management Journal in the July 2014 issue.
Japanese companies are in a demographic pickle. The population which currently stands at 127m is predicted to fall by 40m in the next 30 years. This does not bode well for the workforce, which stands to suffer greatly due to a massive decrease in numbers. But what’s a country to do? As it turns out,…
Business Challenge Business Improvement initiatives are getting a lot of press these days: “…our projects saved over $10M in the first 12 months of deployment using BPM”1. Thus, it seems logical for an organization to jump onto the process improvement bandwagon. Much is promised of business improvement efforts, and there are many capable consultants and…
This article tackles the combined dilemma of inequality and the world economy. The Economist means that a new form of radical centrist politics is needed to tackle inequality – without hurting economic growth, that is. In accordance with America’s history, by the end of the 19th century, governments introduced progressive taxation and paved the way to social…
Life is a never-ending stream of decisions. From the moment we wake up in the morning to the time we go to sleep, we are making decisions. Even the very act of waking up and going to sleep is a decision. After all, we don’t have to wake up or go to sleep; we make…
Possibility Deficit Disorder (PDD) is the pervasive and persistent experience of ‘no possibility’ now, and no attractive prospects in the future. PDD is widespread in modern times. At a national level, it is evidenced in the lack of ambitious ventures in technology development, industrial policy, educating necessary resources, infrastructure planning, national security, and transportation. PDD can be observed…
Now that we know Why Projects Fail, let’s talk about the practical steps and behaviors Project Manager must adopt in order to deliver a project successfully. The three root causes of project success are: LEAN CEO In the knowledge economy, with continuously growing competition, accelerating product lifecycles, and shrinking lifespan of businesses, managing by project becomes the…
