Zero-sum (win-lose) outcomes, in which one party gains at the expense of another, are common in business, due in part to competitive pressures, time constraints, poor business school education, and poor leadership. The means by which to achieve non-zero-sum (win-win) outcomes is difficult to fathom, so nearly all senior managers ignore that choice and are [...]
The Post Office cost structure is pretty much all fixed. Buildings, labor, trucks with steering wheels on the wrong side, fuel, and maintaining bulletin boards with many of my friends and family members pictures on them costs the same thing whether they bring me 1 piece of mail, or 20. In fact, the cost doesn’t [...]
I just returned from my annual trip to visit some customers and attend a trade show in Shanghai, China. Always an interesting experience and I personally love Asia, although I prefer the respectful humility of the Japanese and the constant happiness of the Thai and Cambodians. The latter always seem to be full of joy [...]
Compression is the art and science of maintaining quality of life while consuming far fewer natural resources doing it. That’s a very different concept of economics from those prevailing today. Business analyses and perhaps our human instincts are to grow – to expand – so everyone has a bigger piece of pie, especially me. As [...]
You are not a Visionary . . . yet. The Lean Entrepreneur shows you how to become one. Most of us believe entrepreneurial visionaries are born, not made. Our media glorify business outliers like Bezos, Branson, Gates, and Jobs as heroes with X-ray vision who can look to the future, see clearly what will be, [...]
By Katherine Radeka What do Ford Motor Company, Steelcase, Scania, Goodyear, Novo Nordisk, and Philips Electronics have in common? They all need to get their best ideas to market as fast as possible. They need to achieve the mastery of innovation. When these companies needed to accelerate time-to-market, get more new products to customers, and [...]
By Taiichi Ohno and Forward by Fujio Cho Commeorating the 100th birthday of Taiichi Ohno. Businesses worldwide are successfully implementing the Toyota Production System to speed up processes, reduce waste, improve quality, and cut costs. While there is widespread adoption of TPS, there is still much to be learned about its fundamental principles. This unique [...]
By Norman Bodek & Takashi Harada His newest book, The Harada Method is the next step in Norm’s on-going learning about finding more effective ways to improve. Takashi Harada developed an effective approach for helping people to become more self-reliant and more successful in their lives. Much of his theory is based on sound research [...]
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