Comments on: A3–Its about the Thinking http://www.dailykaizen.org/archives/475 A blog about improvement in health care Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:11:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Anand http://www.dailykaizen.org/archives/475#comment-5575 Anand Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:26:06 +0000 http://www.dailykaizen.org/archives/475#comment-5575 Well said Rob!!! Regarding Lee's comment on PDCA not being applied, I think it is true. I think that PDCA should not only be applied for 'process' changes but also to 'behaviour' changes. The question to ask is "How much have I changed in my thinking or behaviour?" Well said Rob!!! Regarding Lee’s comment on PDCA not being applied, I think it is true. I think that PDCA should not only be applied for ‘process’ changes but also to ‘behaviour’ changes. The question to ask is “How much have I changed in my thinking or behaviour?”

]]> By: Rob http://www.dailykaizen.org/archives/475#comment-5556 Rob Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:55:45 +0000 http://www.dailykaizen.org/archives/475#comment-5556 I agree! With Lean its critical to base management decisions on a philosophical sense of purpose. Its about believing in people and their abilities to solve problems and create opportunities. Any number of techniques will fail unless the culture is supported and embedded by top management. You said it yourself <a href="http://www.dailykaizen.org/archives/466" rel="nofollow">here</a>. My own thoughts can be read: <a href="http://www.dailykaizen.org/archives/466" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="http://learnsigma.com/5-ways-to-develop-six-sigma-company-cu" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://learnsigma.com/how-six-sigma-changes-corporate-cultur" rel="nofollow">here</a> I agree!

With Lean its critical to base management decisions on a philosophical sense of purpose. Its about believing in people and their abilities to solve problems and create opportunities. Any number of techniques will fail unless the culture is supported and embedded by top management. You said it yourself here.
My own thoughts can be read: here,
here and here

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