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Problems don’t exist as fixed objects in the outside world.

Have you ever “tripped over” a problem?

No. It’s impossible. No one has ever found a 1 kg problem in the fridge. No one has ever literally placed a problem on a table. At most, anyone who did that — maybe in anger — was pointing at a physical object: a symptom of the problem, not the problem itself.

8 Steps for Boosting Productivity in Production Lines

1 📈 Mudas Detection

In this phase, all wastes related to the production line flow and the actual work standards are detected, evaluated, and prioritized. Lean manufacturing has categorized seven types of wastes that can be found in any workplace where operators are at work and another set of 16 wastes that can be detected only after a deep analysis of the production line data. 

The 4 Steps Process To Create Accountability in The Workplace

The accountability concept is becoming increasingly prominent in big companies. These companies have many people, functions, roles, and tasks that should ensure the excellent performance of their working processes. 

When managers hear these types of excuses:

• "That's the way we have always done here".
• "It wasn't my fault that it's late."
• "No one told me what to do."
• "Someone should have told me not to do that."

Collaborators are not puppets.

You can not expect them to achieve goals if you constantly micro-manage them. If you usually do this, you will end up frustrated and wasted time controlling them.

Stop continuously checking what, how, and when they are doing it, and suggest your ideas and solutions.

Do not inhibit them.

If you are micro-managing, it is because you do not trust them and do not trust because you missed some preconditions and missed setting some frames.

I often hear companies' collaborators complaining that they are in too many meetings.

By the way, today's business complexity brings a continuous flow of information that obliges managers and middle managers to continuously review, revise, and decide correctly what is necessary.

To do this, they need to be in meetings...

However, I think the real reasons why people are complaining are:

Lean Manufacturing and Kaizen Coaching

In the world of Lean Manufacturing, we frequently hear about coaching.

Unfortunately, I have found that there is still a great deal of confusion about coaching and its activity. It is often confused with consulting, mentoring, or training.