Do a “Red Tag Session.” Do It Now.
Exercise 26: Do a “Red Tag Session.” Do it Now. Remember my last post about chaotic islands? I shortly mentioned the red tag concept. The idea is simple: items that are not regularly used in a work...
View ArticleDo an “Unused Inventory Removal Session.” Do it Now.
Exercise 27: Do an “Unused Inventory Removal Session.” Do it Now. If you did the last exercise, there should be a lot of items and places marked with red tags. Take a time-out of twenty minutes from...
View ArticleDoing the Right Things vs. Doing Things Right
Using your time wisely can be seen as a matter of efficiency and effectiveness. You surely know the classical definitions of those two terms: Efficiency means reducing input and resources required for...
View ArticleHow to Become an NLP Master Trainer
Before you think this guy, who has repeatedly written that he is a skeptic, has gone nuts: I have not changed. It is very easy to become a master trainer for neuro-linguistic programming, NLP in short....
View ArticleThe Dangers of Waiting Waste, Revisited
Some time ago, a friend of our neighbor turned 72 and ordered a very big recreational vehicle. It would have cost 160’000€, but before it was delivered the doctors discouvered a vicious type of cancer....
View ArticleTake Part in the “Worst Waste” Reader Survey
I’m sure you have read a lot about waste and the waste types in Lean. I would like to know a little about your view on waste. Take Part in the ‘Worst Waste’ Reader SurveyClick To Tweet No personal...
View ArticleHow I Got Rid of My T-Shirt Collection
Do you take home t-shirts from your vacation or from special events? Then maybe you have an awesome collection of shirts. My advice: get rid of it, it is inventory waste. I did not use most of my...
View ArticleWhy Motion is Not Work
The most astonishing result of my “Worst Waste Survey” (on the sidebar) so far is that out of 47 votes exactly 0 (zero) votes are for motion waste. This is an interesting contrast to a quote from...
View ArticleThe Two Ugly Faces of Waste
Recently, while as was standing with my bike at a red traffic light, I had time for some thoughts about waste. I did not think about any special type of waste.[1] Just the word “waste” itself was what...
View ArticleHow Many Chaotic Islands Do You Have?
Living on a tropic island is a dream for many people. Living with chaotic islands, on the other hand, can be a nightmare. A Chaotic Island is a seed of disorder around which more chaos grows.Click To...
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