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Entries Tagged as 'Improvement'

Behold the Marvel of the Crease

February 25th, 2019 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips No new materials. A simple pressing. Structure appears. Value from almost nothing. This is a primary task of a manager (and the rest of us). Fold something. Press the fold. It becomes a crease. And now there is a structure that has strength and increased utility. And how did that happen? A […]

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Tags: Analysis · Change · Concepts · Improvement · Management

Guilt-Free Improvement

June 18th, 2018 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips I like to improve. I find most persons like to improve. Let’s do better with less effort and less time. Pretty good goal, but how do we reach that without stomping on persons? Process improvement. I like that. Lots of persons I know dislike it. Why? Don’t we all want to do […]

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Tags: Improvement · Review

Improve What You Touch

May 28th, 2018 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Confronted with a big mess? What do you fix first? What order? Try this suggestion. I once entered a job where everything was a mess. Chaos? Well, I won’t write that chaos reigned as that implies there was some order someplace. I found none. It was a mess, where to start? I […]

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Tags: Analysis · Improvement · Work