Continuous improvement
8 ways to push a problem around (without ever fixing it)
A “to not do” list.
Continuous improvement
Methods, approaches, and techniques for helping people flourish in the workplace. This is what I do with my clients all day/all decade. My methods are open for inspection. Here they are.
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Continuous improvement
Dan’s Device: “Now that I see it… [it’s completely wrong.]”
What comes after “now that I see it” & why you need to hear it as early as possible.
Meditation
Noticing little things & little thinks
Noticing at work. Noticing on the cushion. And noticing while out and about. These three are related, but I am still figuring out how.
Continuous improvement
Open space technology, principle 3: “Whenever it starts is the right time”
Each moment prefigures the next. But in certain moments, a huge change can begin.
Continuous improvement
Disconnected improvement events fail. What to do about that
Instead of drawing a box around the problem, tether it to something important.
Facilitation
My 4 favorite Liberating Structures for continuous improvement
Why Liberating Structures & lean make a great combo.
Facilitation
Using Liberating Structures to facilitate continuous improvement
You’ve gathered everyone together around a problem. Now what?
Continuous improvement
The jewel of resistance
Resistance to change is precious. Here’s how to make the most of it.
Continuous improvement
On doing more with less
More of what? Less of what? 90 years ago, Bucky Fuller had a very different answer.
Facilitation
Premortem: before starting a new project, learn why it will end in failure
A simple method for uncovering big, “undiscussable” risks to a project.
Continuous improvement
Merely being the person you are
The consulting advice that made me a better person (and a more effective consultant).
Continuous improvement
On speeding things up
What I've learned from the hourglass and the snake.
Continuous improvement
5 ways to approach goal-setting. Only one is worth a damn
Why it’s better to have an impossible goal than a goal you meet-and-exceed every time.
Continuous improvement
Ditching ‘assume good faith’ as a way to talk about respect
Time to fix problems at the source rather than tolerate awful behavior.
Continuous improvement
Optimization & other failures
“By what method?” ... “To what end?”
Continuous improvement
Want water? Get a bucket. Want improvement? Get PDSA
Back to basics with the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle.