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Is higher pay the answer to the labour shortage?

Oct 24, 20213 min read

Is higher pay the answer to the labour shortage?

I wander and hear ongoing complaints about the inability to attract and retain labor, I see absolutely no effort to improve professionalism

Colin Powell's Leadership Legacy Lessons

Richard Kunst

Oct 24, 20219 min read

Colin Powell's Leadership Legacy Lessons

Colin Powell passed away on October 18th he had a profound career. His lessons in Leadership are worth reflecting on as part of his legacy

Richard Kunst

Oct 17, 20214 min read

Just Stand and Observe !!!

to help folks identify waste and ultimately improve process all you need to do is stand and observe.

Richard Kunst

Oct 17, 20215 min read

LEAN is all about FLOW !!

The central idea of LEAN – that everything should flow from raw material to the customer – came directly from Henry Ford. Ford,

Richard Kunst

Oct 10, 20212 min read

Manage your Process Schedule

Are you controlling your schedule or is your customer? but customers want it Faster, Better and Cheaper, modify your schedule.

Richard Kunst

Oct 3, 20213 min read

Any Formal Problem Solving is a Waste !

Before you start on any Problem Solving journey focus on your Problem Statement with only one (1) Object and one (1) Deviation or you are ju

Accountability throughout your workplace

Richard Kunst

Sep 19, 20212 min read

Accountability throughout your workplace

One of the key initial rules in deploying Lean Methodologies is to assign a specific owner to a process, task or assignment ...

All People are Professionals and they want a Professional Environment

Richard Kunst

Sep 19, 20214 min read

All People are Professionals and they want a Professional Environment

All people can give is their "Gift of Time" but ultimately they decide who gets that gift ... how welcoming are you in accepting this gift?

Richard Kunst

Sep 12, 20212 min read

Ethics First ... but includes diversity

Have you Ever ... ? Answer honestly to yourself.

Richard Kunst

Sep 12, 20212 min read

VALUES BUILD CULTURE

Success relies on respect for people … but what does that actually mean?

Richard Kunst

Sep 5, 20214 min read

ENHANCE or Create a LEAN Culture

For Lean Culture, Consider a rock-and-roll band. To excel at making good music the band must have ...

Richard Kunst

Aug 29, 20212 min read

Birth, Death and your Gift of Time

Birth, Death and that gap in between is your "Gift of Time" to us.

start STRATEGIC PLANNING with reflection.

Richard Kunst

Aug 22, 20211 min read

start STRATEGIC PLANNING with reflection.

Make your Plan Work your Plan MEET YOUR NUMBERS

METRICS ARE NECESSARY | but where and what may be reflective of what you want.

Richard Kunst

Aug 15, 20214 min read

METRICS ARE NECESSARY | but where and what may be reflective of what you want.

Metrics also serve as a powerful way to demonstrate improvement success to people who might otherwise roll their eyes.

It is not "IF" but "WHEN" ... you need to commit to cybersecurity.

Richard Kunst

Aug 7, 20212 min read

It is not "IF" but "WHEN" ... you need to commit to cybersecurity.

It is not "IF" but "WHEN" ... why you need to commit to cybersecurity.

Know your Business Aura | Strategic Factors Impacting Change

Richard Kunst

Jul 31, 20214 min read

Know your Business Aura | Strategic Factors Impacting Change

Yes your organization does have an Aura. Know it to manage a successful evolution.

Lean does not start with 5S, here is why.

Richard Kunst

Jul 25, 20214 min read

Lean does not start with 5S, here is why.

unless it directly contributes the primary guiding principal (Velocity) it becomes a waste of time, investment and ultimately money.

Knowing your Human Talent to create a Lean Culture

Richard Kunst

Jul 10, 20214 min read

Knowing your Human Talent to create a Lean Culture

It has been said that the factory of the future will only require 2 occupants, 1 Human and 1 Dog.

Skill Acquisition and Definition: The Dreyfus Model

Richard Kunst

Jul 10, 20214 min read

Skill Acquisition and Definition: The Dreyfus Model

It is all about Culture Speed of methodology absorption.

Richard Kunst

Jun 28, 20214 min read

Did you really pivot?

COVID-19 has spawned its own vocabulary. “Physical distancing","super spreaders" and “elbow bump” have all come to mean very specific...

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