Change. I never knew it could be viewed as such a bad 6-letter word. I spoke last year about Lean and Six Sigma, and how they are viewed very differently depending on those involved. Beyond the Continuous Improvement aspect, there has been a lot written over the last decade regarding change management and how to […]
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Happy (belated) 2020! I hope everyone had a safe Christmas and Holiday season. I’ve delayed this set of “random musings” by a week or so as I’ve had the opportunity to attend a few recent seminars on this very topic, focusing on the technological impact the world (and companies) might experience going forward. I’m sure,
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Since companies began introducing the philosophies of Lean and Six Sigma (with shout-outs to Henry Ford, Toyota and Motorola) to the Manufacturing world in the 1900s, the tools have been viewed both as a saviour to some and an abomination to others. I’m not going to write about all the techniques and tools where Lean
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One of the recurring comments I’ve had with the launch of JEWAL is…why the ‘Data Mining’ component? Yes, there is a marketing angle to the name, as I mentioned in my last blog, but there are 2 other strong aspects to it. First, it combines in a very noticeable “Headline” way, my background in Information
