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Author Archives: Tim James "Mr. Procedure"
Answers from LinkedIn: Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma–How They Differ (or Do They?)
(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
Answers on LinkedIn: Lean, Continuous Improvement and the Maintenance Department
(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
Writing Operating Procedures–STC Review
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
Implementing Lean: Going Boldly Where No Company Has Gone Before?
Editor’s note: on occasion I take a question posed on a LinkedIn group discussion and expand on the response I provided to the discussion. Since I am very much at odds with the big-program (read, big-budget) initiative approach so prevalent as … Continue reading
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Tagged Continuous Improvement, implementing Lean, initiative avoidance, Lean and Star Trek, Lean program, LinkedIn, your workers aren't idiots
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So You’re a “Champion?”
One of the great highlights of my sports-fan watching occurred June 11, 2012. On that date, the Los Angeles Kings defeated the New Jersey Devils, 6-1 to claim their first Stanley Cup championship as an organization. For fans such as … Continue reading
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Leadership, Part 13: Shall I Serve or Shall I Rule?–Part 2
What is the leader truly after? Success for a people, an organization, a country, or success for Self? The barometer for any leader (that is, who they truly serve) will be seen in the degree to which they can build … Continue reading
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Leadership, Part 12: Shall I Serve or Shall I Rule?
In the discussion of the 7Cs, five of the seven Cs of the progression dealt with either how a leader ascends to the position of leadership or how they intend to retain their leader role. Only two of them–Consensus Building … Continue reading
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Leadership, Part 11: The Motivation to Lead, Part 2
My experience stepping into leadership took place in 1989. Funny, because I had actually been the “lead person” in the analytical chemistry lab for three years prior. I never really embraced it as a leadership position, ironically, which likely limited … Continue reading
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