The generally accepted answer to this age old question is that the egg came first. This is based on the thinking that two things which were very much like chickens (but were obviously not) could create an egg containing a chicken. However, no amount of eggs containing...
Mission statements are often backed up by core values of people behaviours, but the purpose if often missed. Where company Purpose Statements are found they are often based from the owners' point of view (need to increase revenue etc.). The Purpose should be designed...
As a performance measure, Return On Investment (ROI) is used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment or to compare the efficiency of a number of different investments. So what is typical for ROI? Dow Jones typically returns 0% to 20%, property rental 6% to 8%, and...
Teams can debate endlessly on the tools and techniques required to deliver the breakthroughs required by their businesses.But the tools and techniques are only one segment of making a lean programme work. Fundamentally the programme needs to be built around developing...
For some organisations this is great, the lean expert keeps them honest and challenges them and holds them to account until they achieve amazing things. For others this is really off-putting being made to feel guilty (or stupid) about having some waste still in the...
The answer should always begin with what they value and what their clients value. For some it is simple, reducing costs are what it is all about. Budget cuts and market pressures drive them to focus on these areas and of course the lean methodology is extremely...
The answers could be varied but a few common ones are: The improvement is seen as tactical and not strategic. The leadership are frightened of being embarrassed - a good programme will highlight faults and wastes in the business which may reflect badly on them....
So what was it that we did to invoke such a question? The improvement was in a hospital where the team managed to reduce the time in the emergency department from admission to medical decision (to either admit or discharge) by two hours. I'm sure you'll agree it's a...
We work with a diverse range of clients in a variety of sectors. To consistently achieve a double digit return on investment (greater than 10 times cost) we need to have deep experience in lean principles and the approach to implementing transformative change. There...