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Cultural Transformation Series

Voluntary versus Directed Activity

07.01.2010

In our next video in the Cultural Transformation Series, we discuss a solid leading indicator of your cultural impact. You want to see people picking up the tools and methods and using them on their own. You want to see voluntary involvement. Directed involvement is also a part of lean, but the ratio between voluntary [...]

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The Importance of Language

05.24.2010

This is the next video in the Cultural Transformation Series. The language you choose to use, and the meaning it conveys, can have a great impact on your culture when done consistently. I explain that point in this video, The Importance of Language.

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Understanding the local culture

04.15.2010

In this next video in our Cultural Transformation Series, I talk about the impact that the local culture can have on the culture and behaviors that you are trying to drive.
For example, in some cultures it is considered beneath a manager to go out to the factory floor to talk to someone. In other cultures, [...]

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Integrity

03.29.2010

Some people believe integrity is something you are born with, or not. I don’t believe that, simply because I’ve seen people completely change their behaviors. In this next video of the Cultural Transformation Video Series, we explore the role integrity plays in leading culture change.

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The Impact of Repetition

02.22.2010

We tackle the value of repetition on culture in the latest installment of the Cultural Transformation video series. The example given of a repeated pattern was SQDCM, or Safety Quality Delivery Cost Morale. This pattern was repeated in the organization at every level every day. Now, 15 years later, it has remained an embedded part [...]

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Leaders or Anchors?

02.10.2010

Should you focus your energy on the leaders around you or the anchors?
You only have so much time, energy, and focus. The squeaky wheel gets the grease, right? Well the anchors are usually the squeaky wheel. But energy invested there is wasted. I explain the difference and why in this latest video in our Cultural [...]

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Leading Change an Inch Wide and a Mile Deep

01.27.2010

This is our second video in our Cultural Transformation video series.
You can’t change everyone in your organization in a thorough manner in an instant of time. You have to chip away at cultural transformation piece by piece. So what’s better? Should you go an inch-wide and a mile-deep or go a mile-wide and an inch-deep? [...]

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H x V x F > R

01.15.2010

This is the first video in our Cultural Transformation series.
When trying to lead cultural transformation in any organization, whether tied to lean or not, there is no greater lever than the words, actions, and behaviors of the leader. In this video, we describe 3 key elements that you must be generating.

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