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- Are You the Victim, or the Ruler of Your Destiny? - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2009 from Liz GuthridgeYin and yang. Oil and water. Sweet and sour. Dealing with opposites is generally one of my joys. I work with so many different people with opposing philosophies, approaches to work, and actions. Figuring out the best way to collaborate and support them is fun, fascinating and ...
Views: 658 - Is Business Literacy Holding Your Company Back? - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Liz GuthridgeAs your teachers told you, the three R's—reading, writing and 'rithmetic—are fundamental to learning. Now that you're out of the classroom and in the work world, you still use the three R's every day. But how are you dealing with the clashes they can cause—especially when everyone's skill ...
Views: 1059 - Act to Advance - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2008 from Liz GuthridgeAct to advance. Three words and 14 characters, well within my Twitter 140-character limit. That’s my new marching order for myself and ideally for everyone else I work with. What’s this all about? Making sure you’re not wasting time, which is one of the tenets of LEAN. Wasting ...
Views: 678 - Reflecting On The 2008 Lean Transformation Summit - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2008 from Liz GuthridgeEarlier this month, more than 350 LEAN thinkers from 21 countries attended the second annual Lean Transformation Summit in Orlando. This year’s theme was “Applying Lean Thinking Across the Enterprise.” The Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) again was the summit’s sole ...
Views: 793 - Wasting Time Or Enjoying A Diversion? - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2008 from Liz GuthridgeSeven areas of waste. Seven deadly sins. They collided for me this week in a dramatic, disturbing and disruptive way. Every time I paused to consider what task to do next, I got distracted by the Eliot Spitzer sex scandal. And even when I was working, including talking to a client on the ...
Views: 567 - Using Data To Get Better - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2008 from Liz Guthridge“You may think you’re getting better, but you’re getting older.” Years ago, one of my college journalism professors wrote on my paper he was grading. It was a cruel twist on a classic campaign for hair color (Living Color’s "You're not getting older, you're getting ...
Views: 658 - Lean Left - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2008 from Liz GuthridgeLEAN Left is hardly a political position. Instead, it’s the concept of pulling back on the services and features you’re providing, which should make things simpler as well as less costly. And when budgets are tight, LEAN Left can be a very useful tool for LEAN communicators who ...
Views: 716 - Adding Value Without Blowing Your Budget and Your Top - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2008 from Liz GuthridgeReality at work: A business unit exec asks you for immediate communication help for several initiatives underway. They will fail without any employee communication support, preferably full-time for several months. But, the business unit has no budget. Reality handled—with success: ...
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