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Taiichi Ohno on Lean Leadership

by Pete Abilla on September 28, 2011

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Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn In Yoshihito Wakamatsu’s book The Toyota Mindset, he explains Taiichi Ohno’s approach to Lean Leadership and how to deal with resistance to change. To read my reviews of Wakamatsu’s book on Taiichi Ohno, please visit the links below. Taiichi Ohno on Standard Work [...]

Change Management is Like Potty Training

by Pete Abilla on September 30, 2010

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn My son turned 2 years old in June 2010. By most standards, barely a 2 year old isn’t ready to be potty trained. I beg to differ. The other day, after breakfast, I placed him on the toilet, hoping so badly he would [...]

Cigarette Sin Tax and Lean Six Sigma Deployments

by Pete Abilla on September 23, 2010

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Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn What motivates an individual and an organization is sometimes not aligned with the rewards system we put in place to encourage a higher level of performance. We see this dynamic in the cigarette sin tax situation where a higher sin tax does not [...]

Extraordinary Response

by Pete Abilla on November 24, 2009

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Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Often, our best moments are during times of trial. Indeed, what we remember most and what is most inspiring are not the scores of naysayers that exclaim “it’s dark, it’s dark” to describe the gloom that is all around us, but the humble, [...]

Complacency, Urgency, and Change

by Pete Abilla on November 22, 2009

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn John Kotter makes a good case that urgency is the key ingredient in any organizational transformation.  Conversely, the lower the urgency, the higher the likelihood that the firm will collapse or fail or not transform in a way that will enable it to [...]

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