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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.

The “Forever” Rule An attribute of Product Realization

Richard Kunst

Jul 17, 20214 min read

The “Forever” Rule An attribute of Product Realization

Really … it is common sense and you do not need 6 Sigma to figure this one out.

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...

Richard Kunst

Jun 28, 20214 min read

Standing in the Circle: Ohno’s Method

Ohno would quickly ask additional probing questions educating the engineer that perhaps they had “looked” but not “observed”

Richard Kunst

Jun 27, 20212 min read

Ten Tips for Top Managers

A cry for help from a reformed music snob

Richard Kunst

Jun 21, 20217 min read

A cry for help from a reformed music snob

Today’s pop music isn’t being made for people like me and therefore, I am not qualified to judge it.

Does Process define the Culture? Or Does Culture define the Process?

Richard Kunst

Jun 19, 20214 min read

Does Process define the Culture? Or Does Culture define the Process?

Richard-San, why are you taking such a simple concept, which is a natural human attribute based and developing a complex training model?...

Organizational First Aid, Coaching Top Skills Companies Seek from their Coaches.

Richard Kunst

Jun 14, 20213 min read

Organizational First Aid, Coaching Top Skills Companies Seek from their Coaches.

The collective knowledge from real-world business experience, especially at the executive level, is extremely valuable to companies...

Nope!!! You do not need Organizational First Aid

Richard Kunst

Jun 8, 20212 min read

Nope!!! You do not need Organizational First Aid

Nope !!! You do not need Organizational First Aid. Really and actually you do, but you just have not yet realized it yet.

Kill Batch Production - Instead Promote Single-Piece Flow

Richard Kunst

Jun 6, 20215 min read

Kill Batch Production - Instead Promote Single-Piece Flow

The perfect process consists of a single object transitioning through a series of operations while constantly accumulating value

Richard Kunst

Jun 6, 20213 min read

Flow it Right? or Flow it Left?

Cell Material Flow? Right or Left?? It’s all about perspective… hang on, I’ll explain. There is a science to production systems layouts....

Richard Kunst

May 30, 20215 min read

Ready to Form, Storm, Norm and Perform?

We can see the light at the end of the tunnel of a post-Covid world … so we need to get ready for yet another society shift..

Richard Kunst

May 23, 20214 min read

Leadership is a statistical Algorithm.

There are a plethora of Leadership books in print, and more are invading the marketplace constantly. Ultimately Leadership remains a...

Richard Kunst

May 21, 20211 min read

Remove the Pain

Outside Eyes can give you insight and help to Remove the Pain of a process change.

Richard Kunst

May 16, 20213 min read

Conflict Clouds

A common conflict in business is doing whatever it takes to satisfy the customer (damn the costs) or maximize profitability (damn service)

Lean should NOT be based on Respect for People.

Richard Kunst

May 9, 20215 min read

Lean should NOT be based on Respect for People.

It is about responsibility. Responsibility requires a huge commitment while respect is an attribute earned by being responsible. As...

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