Decisions about Making Decisions [Lessons from the Road]
My latest column for Industry Week, Lessons from the Road, titled Decisions about Making Decisions has been posted. Here is the intro:
One of the most important domains within organizations that lean too infrequently injects itself is decision-making. The who, what, when and how of decision-making is ultimately one of the most fundamental elements of any organization. The challenges with decision-making are numerous. Ambiguity in decision-making results in delays and rework. Inconsistent decision-making creates confusion. And plain old bad decision-making generates more problems than we can list.
You can read the entire post here.
Following are my previous Lessons from the Road columns:
Don’t Waste Your Metrics
Four keys to making metrics a better part of your evaluation process.
6/18/2012
Experiment Your Way to Success
How the mother of all learning methods can help your organization improve.
4/18/2012
Securing the Elusive Lean Buy-In
Take advantage of this four-step process to achieve buy-in for your lean efforts.
2/15/2012
Building Manager Standard Work
Standardization can help you free up time and use it more proactively.
11/16/2011
Going to the Gemba
Far from a stroll on the plant floor, a gemba represents a purposeful attempt to learn what is really going on.
9/14/2011
How to Train Without Training
When training dollars are scarce, there are still good ways to develop your workforce. Try these three strategies.
7/20/2011
Lessons From the Road: Sustaining Your 5S Efforts
5S too often is short-lived, but these six steps can help keep it running smoothly.
5/17/2011
Lessons From the Road: Surfacing Problems Daily
Advice for building a problem-solving culture.
3/16/2011