A good manager can narrow down the big themes and little tasks that need to be addressed to make a change.
Category: Process Improvement
Tuesday Toolkit 9/15/2020
When an outcome depends on multiple variables, the way those variables interact with each other may have a large impact on the outcome.
Capacity Planning and How to Use it Thoughtfully
You've got stuff to make. How do you figure out how much of it to make, and when? Capacity Planning.
Five Dimensions of Usability
Does the below image make you a little crazy? Bad Design! Retrieved from https://cognitiondesign14.wordpress.com/topics/learning-unit-4/interference-effects/ In my head, the color red always represents an error, or the word “stop” or something along the lines of there being an issue. On the…
Taiichi Ohno’s Ten Precepts, Broken Down
Once you start something, persevere with it. Do not give up until you finish it.
How to Ensure Changes Last
The whole point of undergoing process improvement projects is to make lasting changes, which means lasting behavior changes in many cases.
High Leverage Focal Points
Before trying to boil the ocean, the top areas of improvement should be selected and narrowed down.
Toyota’s 4P Model
Process improvement framework for managers to adopt and implement
A Graphical Linear Programming Example
Math for managers.
Why Mental Models Are Important
Managers need frameworks and mental models for determining how to think about and around particular topics.
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