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Simple is always better

For a large organisation to be effective, it must be simple. Jack Welch – former CEO of General Electric Doing something in a simple way is better than doing it in a complex way. Makes sense right? It’s too obvious.…

How to prevent failing with good KPI’s

Or how to prevent going down the trap known as ‘Goodhart’s Law’. How we know it: When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure What he actually said: Any observed statistical regularity will tend to…

Improvement is not optional

Progress cannot be generated when we are satisfied with existing situations. Ohno Taiichi (大野耐一, Ōno Taiichi)  What Mr Ohno describes in this quote is a core belief of Lean. It’s about the fundament of Kaizen, the idea that things can always be…