How?
There are so many voices telling us how to succeed, how to achieve success, how to scale, how to leverage our capital, how to produce more with less, how, how, how. But, what we lack far too often are the practical measurements to know when we have reached the how they recommended, or even more…
Read MoreOld vs. New
Which path is correct, to fight the old, or to build the new? Maybe neither is “Correct” in the absence of context, so in the context of CHANGE, that we want CHANGE, that CHANGE is our objective, then it seems self evident that the ‘build the new’ path is the better choice. BUT, no matter…
Read MoreStinking Thinking
I remember the first time I heard Zig Ziglar say the words Stinking Thinking, and how that resonated with me. Although the term might be associated with addiction (as it should be), it also applies to our work and home life as well. If you are a TOC (Theory of Constraints) practitioner, or at least…
Read MoreDo or Delegate?
If you find yourself observing your team, and thinking, I should just do that myself, then you need to start looking at your systems. The whole point of going to all the trouble of finding, hiring, and onboarding a new team member is to delegate some portion of the workload to them. If you do…
Read MoreMake No Mistake
There are three Golden Rules I lay out in my book, True32 Flow Manufacturing. The very best way I know to stop practicing a mistake is to remove the opportunity for mistake from the process. All three rules are your marching orders when creating your systems, setting up your processes and writing your procedures.
Read MoreBe A Systemologist
If you are tired of all the chaos and stress of being an Entrepreneur or Solopreneur, then I have a suggestion. Start building your systems TODAY! Become a Systemologist TODAY! If you develop and manage your systems well, then your systems will manage your people, and the chaos and stress levels will drop substantially. If…
Read MoreConsistency
When I think of Consistency, One-Piece-Flow always comes to mind. Our preprogrammed, or default nature is to batch things, and most of us think bigger batches are better than smaller batches, which is the exact opposite of One-Piece-Flow. I’m not saying you can’t be consistent with your big batches, just that human nature is to…
Read MoreA Perfect Plan is a Myth
No matter the flag it flies or flew under, a planned Economy has never, does not and never will work. You can change the name, the logo, the vision statement, the mission statement and anything else you can think of to make it more palatable, but this plane (or plan) won’t fly. Doctors “practice” medicine…
Read MoreTo be, or not to be a Systemologist
When God gave Moses the law, he was providing a “System” that would enable the Hebrew people to cooperate so they could live and trade in community. One of the really basic systems was how the tabernacle would be moved each time they set out for a new location, using loops, poles, and specific people…
Read MoreIs your Company Attractive?
Building on my last post about Marketing (Never STOP Marketing), the same line of thought applies to Recruiting. Even when we are not in need of additional team members, we should always be looking for our next star team member. Recruiting is defined as identifying, attracting, interviewing, selecting, hiring and onboarding team members, and we…
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