Category "Simplify your management system"

Building Block #8 You may need to break things down into smaller units We’ve seen the Process Approach – taking inputs, performing a number of activities and creating results that get passed on to the next stage. It’s much easier ...

Building Block #7 You need to use concepts We need to walk out of the trees and look at the forest. Details are important, but can stifle our ‘lateral’ or ‘out of the box’ thinking. We need to see the ...

Building Block #6 You need to be prepared to start over again Sometimes we just have to know when to quit, or admit that a ‘modification’ to an existing process is just not going to give us the best result. ...

Building Block #5 You need to challenge and discard existing elements of your Management System Some systems can be helped by getting rid of ‘non-value added’ processes. Just because ‘that’s the way we’ve always done it’ rings through our hallways ...

Building Block #3 You need to understand your processes and their interactions very well We need to be clear about what we’re trying to do, and clear about values. The values must be communicated and understood – Values must become ...

Building Block #2 We must to be determined to seek Quality Any organization can say they are quality focused, but what activities would we see in our organizations if we were ‘actively seeking quality’? What would we point to if ...

I’ve been a big fan of Edward de Bono for about 30 years. Over that period of time he has given us hundreds of ideas about Creative Thinking. In fact, if you’ve ever heard the term ‘lateral thinking’, according to ...