About Tim James "Mr. Procedure"
A communicator; all-purpose capability in writing, designing and presenting training for all facets of organizational function. While my focus has been manufacturing, my training/development experience includes supervisory and lead person development, audit processes, continuous improvement and Lean, and Quality Management System implementation.
[ In the next several pots, I will introduce a topic covered in my upcoming book, Beyond the Writing of Operating Procedures. Most of the sections of the book (see this post) will be referenced in these posts. Remember I … Continue reading →
The thought process that went into the development of the outline for Beyond (you can see the outline in the last post) led me to focus on a question that every writer must address: Who is the audience for this … Continue reading →
Posted in Continuous improvement, Culture change, Instructional Communication, Leadership, Policy and Procedure Development, Procedures, Process, Quality Management Systems, Technical Writing, Training, Uncategorized
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Tagged Continuous Improvement, Instructional Communication, Operating Procedures, Process analysis, training development
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I am pleased to announce the official, final outline of Beyond the Writing of Operating Procedures. Well, it may not be fully cast in stone. Maybe I’ll consider changes. Heck, maybe I’ll throw the outline out and start over. But … Continue reading →
Posted in Continuous improvement, Instructional Communication, Policy and Procedure Development, Procedures, Process, Process Analysis, Quality Management Systems, Technical Writing, Training, Training Program Development
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Tagged Gaining Procedure Approval, Instructional Communication, Operating Procedures, procedures, process, Process analysis, training development
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If Writing Operating Procedures describes the birth of a procedure (which it does), and the operating procedure’s existence is integral to the optimal performance of the task it describes (which it does), then it follows that the procedure receive the … Continue reading →
Posted in Continuous improvement, Instructional Communication, Policy and Procedure Development, Procedures, Process, Process Analysis, Technical Writing, Training
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Tagged Gaining Procedure Approval, Instructional Communication, Operating Procedures, procedures, process, training
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I am hoping that by early to mid-September, I will have completed and readied for review my follow-up to Writing Operating Procedures, my original foray into writing for continuous improvement. Writing Operating Procedures, which I gave away for free (!) … Continue reading →
Posted in Continuous improvement, Instructional Communication, Policy and Procedure Development, Procedures, Technical Writing
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Tagged Continuous Improvement, free (!) book, Instructional Communication, Mr. Procedure, Operating Procedures, policies, procedures, Society for Technical Communication
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On the occasions I have been a candidate for a technical writing position, particularly with “big companies” (that shall go nameless here), I have been confronted with a lot of questions regarding my philosophy of technical communication. In one instance I was … Continue reading →
(Note: this is an occasional series in which I review a question posed in a LinkedIn group I belong to. In the group, I provide a brief answer and I expand upon it here. This question was posed in the … Continue reading →
Posted in Continuous improvement, Dr. Harry, Leadership, Lean, Lean Six Sigma, Process, Process Analysis, Six Sigma, Training
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Tagged Continuous Improvement, implementing Lean, leadership and followership, Six Sigma, value, waste, waste identification
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(Note: this is an occasional series in which I review a question posed in a LinkedIn group I belong to. In the group, I provide a brief answer and I expand upon it here. This question was posed in the … Continue reading →
I am very pleased with the response to the STC review of Writing Operating Procedures. As I noted in my last post, my next task is to complete the follow-up book that describes how procedures are handled, controlled and updated … Continue reading →
Through much of last year, I offered to the technical writing and continuous improvement communities for free (!) my book, Writing Operating Procedures. I was gratified by the positive response to the book. I was approached by the Society for … Continue reading →
