Change Management

Hawthorne Effect and Productivity 0
- Change Management, Leadership
- February 19, 2018
The Hawthorne effect is named after a series of experiments that changed the way we think about work and productivity. While previous studies had already focused on individuals and how their performance could be improved, the Hawthorne experiments placed the individual in a social context for the first time. The experiments, which took place at
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The Changing Role of Employees In a Lean Organization 0
- Change Management, Empowerment
- February 5, 2018
We’ve all heard the saying, it takes a village. In a Lean organization this is absolutely true. We all have roles in our organizations but it takes teamwork to be successful. Lean takes everyone working together. Change must happen not to, but with employees. Management has to invest in the employees’ understanding of this new
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Changing the Culture 0
- Change Management
- June 19, 2017
The animal kingdom has survived for millions of years on a simple concept: Adapt or disappear. So why do we, the more intelligent of species (big assumption), seem to have such a difficult time with change? The answer is fear. And, what do we fear? If you think about it, all fear is born out
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Four Essential Elements for Creating a Lean Culture or Management System 0
- Change Management, Lean Management
- April 24, 2017
Culture is the sum of people’s habits in doing their work. Changing culture should not be targeted per se, instead target the management system and the culture change will follow. 20% of a Lean transformation is covered by physical changes and the other 80% is more difficult because it involves deeply ingrained work habits. A
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Nine Ways to Change People’s Attitudes For the Positive 0
- Change Management
- November 16, 2016
Anyone who has worked in or led an organization’s transformation understands change is not easy. People commonly resist change for a variety of reasons. Although you intend for the change to result in a positive outcome, change is often viewed as negative. For your plan to be accepted, you must anticipate and overcome any negativity,
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5 Steps for Creating a Lean Roadmap 0
- Change Management, Lean Basics
- May 16, 2016
Lean thinking is a great business system, but its approach requires support and commitment for organizations. Lean provides a framework to improve the flow of a process, it is therefore important to create a plan or roadmap describing the improved flow, highlighting changes, and areas for improvement. Roadmaps are handy little things, helping to point
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