HOW MUCH FAILURE WORK IS YOUR TEAM DOING?
“Failure Work”, a term coined by my friend Guido Quelle, is work being done because it has failed to be routinized. It eats profit and produces complaints. One of my manufacturing companies shipped...
View ArticleFAIL SAFE IS A MYTH: FAIL TO WIN IS REAL
FAIL SAFE IS A MYTH: FAIL TO WIN IS REAL Ford CEO Alan Mulally behaved radically to kick-start Ford’s recovery: At the annual company meeting of the top 500 leaders, he included in the many awards a...
View ArticleWhat Can Failure Do for You?
Ford CEO Alan Mulally behaved radically to kick-start Ford’s recovery: At the annual company meeting of the top 500 leaders, he included in the many awards a special, first-of-its kind award: Failure...
View ArticleSTATISTICAL POISON IN LEADERSHIP
“Statistics provides an obsessional defense against the terror of choosing.” (L.J. Neilson MD). A distribution of probabilities is enormously useful in scientific exploration, in narrowing options,...
View ArticleSEVEN STEPS TO REAL CHANGE
Here’s the boiled-down, express version of making things better this week. Speed and Slow are both fashionable, and both are required for real success in your organization. See if you can see which...
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