“No Change, No Gain”: Another Way of Saying Continual Improvement
Miki at Leadership Turn wrote a great post from an email from CEO of TWR Lighting, Ken Meador. It’s great because Ken is one of those rare executives who transparently talks about his business and makes great common sense. My comment to the post reveals some of the key topics and my curiousity about some of the operational aspects behind the approaches:
I’m particularly intrigued by Ken’s adoption of lean manufacturing and wonder if he applies the concepts from a continual improvement perspective- based on what he says it appears they are doing this throughout the organization (“no change, no gain”). “Adapting more rapidly than competition” is definitely an “innovation” culture that innovates business processes as well as products/solutions- more on how he provides “soft” product and/or services to differentiate would be of interest. I also wonder how they manage projects and project prioritization and alignment with strategies- what is the mechanism/organizational approach that makes this happen? Great common sense strategies.
I have a feeling that we are going to hear more from this executive on the questions above and in the business media.
What do you think? Do you have a “no change, no gain” culture in your company? Did it start with lean manufacturing? How is a project prioritization process a lean or continual improvement initiative?
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2 opinions for “No Change, No Gain”: Another Way of Saying Continual Improvement
Miki
Apr 25, 2008 at 12:38 am
Hi Bob, Ken is great, not an ounce of BS in spite of being in Texas.
I’ll ask for a post on your questions as soon as he has the time.
Bob Turek
Apr 25, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Miki- good to hear from you. It really would be great if Ken could engage on the questions.
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