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Your analyst spreads lies
Pretty slides, a promotion for the analyst, and meanwhile your margins shrink. How to stop the lies your numbers tell you.
Ideal State and Future State Thinking: Imagination, Not Fantasy
To practice continuous improvement and work on actual improvement rather than just change, it helps to have a destination in mind instead of just putting out fires. Ideal State thinking is the answer, but it's about using your imagination, not making up fantasies.
Time, Not Distance, Is the Problem: on Simplicity in Solutions
A former colleague writes a highly insightful article about supply chain challenges, but we don't agree on the solution. Choose simplicity.
Excel Says Yes, the Employee Says No
Designed behind a desk, a flop on the shop floor, and absenteeism shoots up. Three rules turn that around.
Three Mistakes in Strategy Deployment
Your strategy rarely fails because of the strategy itself: it fails in the deployment. Three deadly mistakes that can derail a rollout, and what to do about them.
Forty Parents in a Queue. Simple Lessons in Flow
A sports camp sign-up turns into a perfect example of how to spot and fix bottlenecks. No fancy words needed.
You Know What to Do, but in What Order? A New Manager's Routine
Knowing what to do isn't the problem. Knowing what to do first is. Here's how to turn your stack of fires into a routine you can follow.