O.k. - I've made some New Year commitments to myself and my online alter ego - the TWI Blog. Something fresh this year will allows me to still contribute to the Lean community when I can't think of anything to say that is intelligible or worth writing about. At least this way, with a comic strip, I can offer a humorous take on how we as Lean thinkers and managers are perceived. We'll see if this idea sticks. In the meantime, a bit of absurdity sometimes speaks volumes:
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“A new concept in the field of industrial training was definitely emerging on a national scale – a concept of training destined to influence the thinking of people in every industry."
Excerpt from, The ‘First Million’ brochure, where the TWI Service made history in receiving the first Industry Award decorating a government agency.
February, 1944
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“’Leadership’” has been the subject of an extraordinary amount of dogmatically stated nonsense. Some, it is true, has been communicated by observers who have had no experience themselves in directing the activities of others; but much of it has come from men of ample experience, often of established reputations as leaders.”
The Nature of Leadership,
Chester Barnard, 1940
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I like it. Keep it up.
ReplyDeleteI like it. Keep it up.
ReplyDeleteKeep it up Bryan. Making Lean visual and involving characters is a fantastic way to get people to understand what it is like to make improvements. Creat drawings also (mine are always stick figures!)
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