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as soon a something unexpected happens, the first one who sees it blows the whistle. Everyone stops, we find the root cause of the problem, we improve, and then continue. Visual planning is a method that helped realize jidoka. One could say that jidoka "is" the whistle (src: Book_ This is LEAN - Niklas Modig & Par Ahlstrom)
Integrating values reduces variation in how we are. Applying principles reduces variation in how we prioritize and make decisions. Standardizing methods reduces variation in regarding what we do. Implementing tools reduces variation in what we have (src: Book_ This is LEAN - Niklas Modig & Par Ahlstrom)
Our values become a source from which all of our co-workers could seek guidance. In those values, you can find all the answers to how we should act in every situation. Those values show us how we should always be. (src: Book_ This is LEAN - Niklas Modig & Par Ahlstrom)
It is the visualization that allows us to see the whole football pitch all the time. It is impossible to control a whole organization. But it is possible to standardize and visualize everything we do. Through visualization, we can control the whole organization by just controlling the deviations form the standards. It is the deviations that trigger improvement of the normal state. (src: Book_ This is LEAN - Niklas Modig & Par Ahlstrom)
test until fear is transformed into boredom "fear" is shorthand for "lack of confidence" "boredom" is shorthand for "enough confidence" (src: Tweet_ test until fear is transformed into boredom - J. B. Rainsberger)
Metaphor: a startup is a seed in a cracked sidewalk A marginal but growing market ignored by incumbents is like a crack in the sidewalk, and a startup is like a seed. The crack gives the seed a place to germinate. At first it's just a little shoot, but if it keeps growing it will eventually push the sidewalk apart Metaphor: government regulation is like herbicide Corollary: If you see a stretch of sidewalk full of cracks with no shoots growing out of them, it has probably been sprayed with some sort of herbicide, like the RIAA or government regulation....
All we are doing is looking at the time line from the moment the customer gives us an order to the point when we collect the cash. -- Taiichi Ohno (src: Book_ This is LEAN - Niklas Modig & Par Ahlstrom)
A compromise reached too soon will short-circuit dialogue. (src: Course_ crucial conversations - Becky Flanagan)
A conversation that ends with agreement is good. A conversation that ends with action is better. (src: Course_ crucial conversations - Becky Flanagan)
A plan to act is not complete without a plan to follow up. (src: Course_ crucial conversations - Becky Flanagan)