Issue 153 – 05 | The Operational Excellence Manifesto

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Did you know there are leadership skills you can learn from golf? Itās true – spending more time on the course can help your career! Want a valid excuse to spend more time on the golf course and less in front of the TV or at the office? The leadership skills you can learn from…

In William Shakespeareās āThe Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarkā (usually referred to simply as āHamletā), the main character, Hamlet, uses the phrase āundiscovered countryā to refer to what lies beyond the grave ā the afterlife ā and our lack of knowledge of it, and our fear of it.Ā As it is with death, so…

I am going to call 2008 āThe Year of Quicksandā. 2008 started-out relatively strong and at-ease ā but this proved deceptive as the observable global heath was hiding the real rot underneath. All it took was one miss-step, and the struggle began. And it seemed that the more we struggled, the deeper we sank ā…

From the publicly-traded, multi-national conglomerates, to Girl Scouts selling their cookies (Thin-Mints rule), to the budding entrepreneur who opens a lemonade stand ā and everything in between ā there are all manner of companies and individuals offering a near infinite variety of products and services.Ā And about as diverse as the companies and their offerings…

Mule and JP start the show with a topic that morphs as rapidly as a cicadaās wings and which is about as irritating; the COVID rules and regulations du jour. JP shares his latest experience with traveling between Germany and the States. Whereas arriving to the States is a matter of having a right to…
āWhen the Bar Must Be Raisedā, by XONITEKās Joseph Paris. After a dramatic several years for motor giant Toyota, Joseph Paris suggests that the coveted TPS might be in need of its own Kaizen. Published in Lean Management Journal in the December/January 2014 issue. Download PDF