Category Archives: Newsletters from 2015

Issue 23 • Oct 2015 Leadership Lessons from David and Goliath by Cornell Colbert https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/leadership-lessons-from-david-goliath-cornell-colbert-lbc-cmq-oe The transcendent leader meets those trusted to his or her care where they are and asks what systemic changes need to occur to enable them to be their best. Legitimacy is transcendent. Gladwell’s argument regarding police relationships with the communities they…

Issue 22 • Aug 2015 Standard Work by Scott Brubaker With numerous Organizational Lean start-ups behind me, one particular tool has proven to be the most important. That “tool” is Standard Work. First, let me pose a question: as you board your plane for a flight, you notice that the Pilot and Co-Pilot have not…

Issue 21 • June 2015 The Power of the Kaizen Event I have written on this topic many times, yet the topic bears further discussion. Before I get to kaizen, I want to take a moment to discuss a couple of wonderful people. Few individuals in life are cited as being more influential than teachers…

Issue 20 • Feb 2015 Hoshin Kanri and the X- Matrix This newsletter will touch briefly on Hoshin Kanri, also known as Policy Deployment, or Strategy Deployment. This is the method devised to capture and cement strategic goals as well as insights about the future and develop the means to bring these into reality. In…