Thought – Lean Agile Guru

Oct

14

2020

Be In the Moment

Thought

Day 197. Be in the moment... thinking too much into the future brings you anxiety... Go along with the flow of the moment... See where it leads you...

Aug

20

2020

By Clarence Galapon

Be One

Thought

Day 145.

Jul

10

2019

By Clarence Galapon

Points for Leadership (Updated) Part XIV

Thought

'Put everybody in the company to work to accomplish the transformation. The transformation is everybody's job!'

Jul

09

2019

By Clarence Galapon

Points for Leadership (Updated) Part XIII

Thought

'Institute a vigorous program of education and self-improvement... a continuous, relentless and never ending improvement.'

Jul

08

2019

By Clarence Galapon

Points for Leadership (Updated) Part XII

Thought

'Remove barriers that rob each and every knowledge worker of his/her right to pride of workmanship. Right to produce quality goods and services he/she can be proud of given the right environment, processes and tools.'

Jul

07

2019

By Clarence Galapon

Points for Leadership (Updated) Part XI

Thought

'Eliminate quotas, management by objectives, by numerical goals. Substitute it with leadership'

Jul

06

2019

By Clarence Galapon

Points for Leadership (Updated) Part X

Thought

'Eliminate slogans, exhortations, and target for the workforce asking for zero defects and new levels of productivity. Such exhortations only create adversarial relationships... as the bulk of the causes of low quality and low productivity belong to the system owners and thus lie beyond the power of the workforce.'

Jul

05

2019

By Clarence Galapon

Points for Leadership (Updated) Part IX

Thought

'Break down barriers between departments. Break down silos. People in research, design, sales and production must work as a team... to foresee problems of production and in use that may be encountered with the product or service.'

Jul

03

2019

By Clarence Galapon

Points for Leadership (Updated) Part VIII

Thought

'Drive out fear, so that everyone may work effectively. No one can put in his/her best performance unless he/she feels secure and safe...not afraid to express ideas, not afraid to ask questions.'

Jul

02

2019

By Clarence Galapon

Points for Leadership (Updated) Part VII

Thought

'Adopt and institute leadership. The job of management is not supervision... it's leadership.'

Jul

01

2019

By Clarence Galapon

Points for Leadership (Updated) Part VI

Thought

'Institute training on the job... this is for leaders, managers, and new employees ... for them to learn about the company. Managers and leaders must understand and act on the problems in the system.

Jun

29

2019

By Clarence Galapon

Points for Leadership (Updated) Part V

Thought

'Improve constantly and forever the system of production and service, to improve quality and productivity, and thus constantly decrease total/ overall cost'

Jun

28

2019

By Clarence Galapon

Points for Leadership (Updated) Part IV

Thought

'End the practice of awarding business on the basis of price tag. Without adequate measure of quality and service, business drifts to the lowest bidder... low quality and high total cost being the inevitable result. Instead, minimize total cost!' Translate this 'minimize cost' to 'optimum batch size' ... see below. When automation is used, the transaction cost is lower; when batch size is smaller, the transaction cost is lower. Total cost on both instances is minimized. The holding cost remains steady.

Jun

27

2019

By Clarence Galapon

Points for Leadership (Updated) Part III

Thought

'Cease dependence on inspection -- usually after the fact -- to achieve quality; instead, build quality into the product in the first place...when it is being built... at the code and component levels with the people creating the solution.'

Jun

26

2019

By Clarence Galapon

Points for Leadership (Updated) Part II

Thought

'We all must learn our roles and responsibilities, and take on leadership'

Jun

25

2019

By Clarence Galapon

Points For Leadership (Updated)

Thought

'Create constancy of purpose toward improvement AND innovation of product and service, with the aim to become competitive and to stay in business, and to provide jobs'

Jun

24

2019

By Clarence Galapon

The Lean-Thinking House

Thought

'Develop people then build products'