Comments on: Reflect, Don’t Dwell http://jamieflinchbaugh.com/2010/02/reflect-dont-dwell/ on lean culture, transformational leadership, and entrepreneurial excellence Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:20:42 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mark R Hamel http://jamieflinchbaugh.com/2010/02/reflect-dont-dwell/comment-page-1/#comment-460 Mark R Hamel Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:43:04 +0000 http://jamieflinchbaugh.com/2010/02/reflect-dont-dwell/#comment-460 Hi Jamie, Socrates' "[t]he unexamined life is not worth living," may be a bit over the top, but certainly we all need some "C" in our personal and corporate PDCA. Only then can we make reasoned adjustments. This of course takes a disciplined commitment of time to reflect (this is cultural). Unfortunately, reflection is often perpetually delayed because while it is so important, it is not urgent. Leadership must set the example and make people feel that it is value-added to reflect AND identify and act on a "start, stop and continuing doing" plan. It is useful to schedule some hansei after certain milestones. Also, reflection can also be intimidating. Why would I/we want to identifying shortcomings? Won't this make me look bad? Again, this is cultural, leadership must set the tone and must humbly lead by example. Hi Jamie,

Socrates’ “[t]he unexamined life is not worth living,” may be a bit over the top, but certainly we all need some “C” in our personal and corporate PDCA. Only then can we make reasoned adjustments.

This of course takes a disciplined commitment of time to reflect (this is cultural). Unfortunately, reflection is often perpetually delayed because while it is so important, it is not urgent. Leadership must set the example and make people feel that it is value-added to reflect AND identify and act on a “start, stop and continuing doing” plan. It is useful to schedule some hansei after certain milestones.

Also, reflection can also be intimidating. Why would I/we want to identifying shortcomings? Won’t this make me look bad? Again, this is cultural, leadership must set the tone and must humbly lead by example.

]]> By: Jim Fernandez http://jamieflinchbaugh.com/2010/02/reflect-dont-dwell/comment-page-1/#comment-459 Jim Fernandez Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:21:21 +0000 http://jamieflinchbaugh.com/2010/02/reflect-dont-dwell/#comment-459 I want to share with you the impact that your writings have on people like me. In one hour from now I will be in front of 12 supervisors including the owner of the company. I will be training them on how to use an A3 report form and a One Page Project Manager form. We are starting eight lean / true north / company alignment projects this week. And we want this group to use these forms. With this little piece you just wrote you have answered a question that I know they will have. That is, why do we have to create all of this paperwork for these 8 projects. Thank you so much for your insight. I want to share with you the impact that your writings have on people like me. In one hour from now I will be in front of 12 supervisors including the owner of the company. I will be training them on how to use an A3 report form and a One Page Project Manager form. We are starting eight lean / true north / company alignment projects this week. And we want this group to use these forms.

With this little piece you just wrote you have answered a question that I know they will have. That is, why do we have to create all of this paperwork for these 8 projects.

Thank you so much for your insight.

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