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start STRATEGIC PLANNING with reflection.
Make your Plan
Work your Plan
MEET YOUR NUMBERS
Richard Kunst
Aug 22, 20211 min read
METRICS ARE NECESSARY | but where and what may be reflective of what you want.
Metrics also serve as a powerful way to demonstrate improvement success to people who might otherwise roll their eyes.
Richard Kunst
Aug 15, 20214 min read
It is not "IF" but "WHEN" ... you need to commit to cybersecurity.
It is not "IF" but "WHEN" ... why you need to commit to cybersecurity.
Richard Kunst
Aug 7, 20212 min read
Know your Business Aura | Strategic Factors Impacting Change
Yes your organization does have an Aura. Know it to manage a successful evolution.
Richard Kunst
Jul 31, 20214 min read
Lean does not start with 5S, here is why.
unless it directly contributes the primary guiding principal (Velocity) it becomes a waste of time, investment and ultimately money.
Richard Kunst
Jul 25, 20214 min read
Knowing your Human Talent to create a Lean Culture
It has been said that the factory of the future will only require 2 occupants, 1 Human and 1 Dog.
Richard Kunst
Jul 10, 20214 min read
Skill Acquisition and Definition: The Dreyfus Model
It is all about Culture Speed of methodology absorption.
Richard Kunst
Jul 10, 20214 min read
Did you really pivot?
COVID-19 has spawned its own vocabulary. “Physical distancing","super spreaders" and “elbow bump” have all come to mean very specific...
Richard Kunst
Jun 28, 20214 min read
Standing in the Circle: Ohno’s Method
Ohno would quickly ask additional probing questions educating the engineer that perhaps they had “looked” but not “observed”
Richard Kunst
Jun 28, 20214 min read
You are going to REORGANIZE again !!
Workplace reorganization that transpired during Covid to protect people will now be expected as part of a Customer’s Value evaluation.
Richard Kunst
Jun 27, 20216 min read
Ten Tips for Top Managers
Ten Tips for Top Managers
Richard Kunst
Jun 27, 20212 min read
Organizational First Aid, Coaching Top Skills Companies Seek from their Coaches.
The collective knowledge from real-world business experience, especially at the executive level, is extremely valuable to companies...
Richard Kunst
Jun 14, 20213 min read
Nope!!! You do not need Organizational First Aid
Nope !!! You do not need Organizational First Aid. Really and actually you do, but you just have not yet realized it yet.
Richard Kunst
Jun 8, 20212 min read
Kill Batch Production - Instead Promote Single-Piece Flow
The perfect process consists of a single object transitioning through a series of operations while constantly accumulating value
Richard Kunst
Jun 6, 20215 min read
Flow it Right? or Flow it Left?
Cell Material Flow? Right or Left?? It’s all about perspective… hang on, I’ll explain. There is a science to production systems layouts....
Richard Kunst
Jun 6, 20213 min read
Cellular Process Design
Cells and Cellular Processing are at the heart of Lean. They appear simple but are far from simple.
Richard Kunst
Jun 6, 20213 min read
Conflict Clouds
A common conflict in business is doing whatever it takes to satisfy the customer (damn the costs) or maximize profitability (damn service)
Richard Kunst
May 16, 20213 min read
Add DEPTH of experience
Where to source materials?
Templates, Work Instructions and Brand Image?
Potential Failure Points?
Richard Kunst
May 9, 20211 min read
Is it really a concern?
A problem to solve?
A decision to Make?
A plan to protect?
An opportunity to leverage?
Richard Kunst
May 2, 20211 min read
Tick-tock, Tick-tock … Checklists are not insulting.
Tick-tock, Tick-tock … Checklists are not insulting.
Richard Kunst
Apr 4, 20214 min read
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