Visual Management works – making things obvious, exposing “normal” conditions versus “abnormal” conditions, showing standard work through visual aids, exposing problems – all through effective use of visual management – is just plain good business practice.
But,
One can go too far also.
For example, the photo below is going to far1:

A sign like is either a reflection of the users of that elevator or the building owners are going way too far on applying the principles of Visual Management – the principle of making things obvious.
It’s Your Turn
Have you seen overuse of Visual Management? Where? How? Do you have a picture to share?
- failblog.org/2010/05/13/epic-fail-photos-obvious-fail-6/ ↩
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I’ve got a growing collection of bad signs at http://www.BeMoreCareful.com — signs that don’t get anywhere near the root cause of the workplace problem.
Like this one:
http://bemorecareful.com/2010/06/maybe-the-pit-fell-into-the-void-after-catching-fire/