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Richard Kunst

Nov 272 min read

What is your Employee Retention Plan ?

Anyone running a business today knows how difficult it is to attract and retain their people.

Richard Kunst

Oct 182 min read

Are your people engaged?

75% of employees could be in some state of disengagement

How do you run your Organization? Founder Mode or Manager Mode

Richard Kunst

Oct 84 min read

How do you run your Organization? Founder Mode or Manager Mode

there are in effect two ways to run a company: Founder Mode and Manager Mode

There are 6 Lean strategies every business owner should know.

Richard Kunst

Oct 82 min read

There are 6 Lean strategies every business owner should know.

Here are the six key Lean strategies that can transform your operations:

Richard Kunst

Sep 153 min read

Checklists are not for Dummies

Why don't fighter pilots learn to fly without checklists?

TAKE-OFF & LANDINGS focus on your start and stop of shifts

Richard Kunst

Sep 53 min read

TAKE-OFF & LANDINGS focus on your start and stop of shifts

If the process can run at rate right from the start of shift we will know the following; The process was left “wet”

The 4 Advisors YOU NEED Who Could Save You From Yourself

Richard Kunst

Aug 284 min read

The 4 Advisors YOU NEED Who Could Save You From Yourself

As a Leader, the buck stops with you. Every day, you make countless decisions about your company

How to Find and Recruit the BEST HOURLY EMPLOYEES

Richard Kunst

Jul 1620 min read

How to Find and Recruit the BEST HOURLY EMPLOYEES

If you make the effort to find and recruit the best hourly employees, you will add value to the organization now and in the future

Richard Kunst

Jul 23 min read

Check your Guages

“Low visibility” for many leaders and disorientation can easily occur as you find yourself constantly adapting to changing conditions.

Richard Kunst

Jun 303 min read

“VISION” of VISUAL workplace

For those not yet committed to a visual factory – stupid floors you just walk on, but smart floors are filled with information.

One More Time --- The Things That Kill “Going Lean Successfully”

Richard Kunst

Jun 152 min read

One More Time --- The Things That Kill “Going Lean Successfully”

No clear understanding of all intra-relationships

Richard Kunst

Jun 93 min read

Updating Your Value Stream Maps !!

You have made a huge plunge to develop Value Stream Maps for key products. So, it is even more important to take time for a review.

Richard Kunst

May 192 min read

Behavioral Design

Behavioral design is not about using psychology to manipulate people. It’s about using psychology to help people achieve their goals.

The Role of Innovation in Achieving a Competitive Advantage

Richard Kunst

May 15 min read

The Role of Innovation in Achieving a Competitive Advantage

There is a statistically significant relationship between the elements of innovation and competitive advantage in businesses.

Richard Kunst

Mar 243 min read

Foundation PROCESS EXCELLENCE Thoughts

When doing a transformation in an existing organization a leader has had a mind blowing experience after visiting a well organized plant.

Richard Kunst

Mar 172 min read

The Dreaded Shift Exchange

Best time on the floor is 30 minutes before shift end and first 30 minutes at start, when you typically hear nothing.

Food Loss and Waste should not become Animal Feed so embrace FSSC 22000 Version 6.0

Richard Kunst

Mar 104 min read

Food Loss and Waste should not become Animal Feed so embrace FSSC 22000 Version 6.0

wandering through the grocery store? Do you pause, stare and wonder will they ever sell all of this produce before it spoils?

Richard Kunst

Mar 33 min read

Let's define Employee Empowerment

Why Baseball? The game has all of the attributes needed to define Employee Empowerment.

Richard Kunst

Feb 252 min read

Designing the "Rubber Factory"

The Rubber Factory allows you to reallocate resources with a structured methodology

Richard Kunst

Jan 213 min read

INITIATIVE is a rare trait

seeing an opportunity to leverage without taking initiative becomes a lost opportunity.

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