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A Bias: Invented Here and Proudly Found Elsewhere

by Pete Abilla on September 5, 2011

not invented here, proudly found elsewhere

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Organizations, generally speaking, are strange in a sense that they can be schizophrenic – not really knowing what it wants or who it wants to be. Maybe schizophrenic isn’t the right characterization, but there’s something strange there. One example of this is the [...]

Resistance to Change

by Pete Abilla on August 24, 2011

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn In business and in life, resistance to change is expected and is quite common. But, resistance is an especially germane topic for those in the process improvement space or are aiming to change for the better our organizations. Resistance is a fact of [...]

Process Owner Roles and Responsibilities

by Pete Abilla on August 22, 2011

process owner, business process improvement

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn A organization that has adopted lean will often reorganize their conventional silo departments into value streams. For example, instead of “Accounting”, “Marketing”, “Operations” – which are vertical, a value stream approach is horizontal, which cuts across several verticals. An example is to take [...]

I’m In Clayton Christensen’s New Book: The Innovator’s DNA

by Pete Abilla on August 1, 2011

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Some of you are familiar with Clayton Christensen. He’s a Harvard Business School professor and is well known for his research on disruptive innovation. He recently published a new book called The Innovator’s DNA and in that book he quotes me. The book [...]

Shine a Light on Defects

by Pete Abilla on July 26, 2011

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn In a recent Fortune Magazine article, Geoff Colvin shares his recent experience with Zhang Ruimin, a Chinese executive, CEO of Qingdao Refrigerator Factory and Haier Group. Zhang Ruimin leads an enterprise company with over $20 Billion in revenue. Perhaps it’s the biggest company [...]