Comments on: Time to Think Time to Reflect

By: Lee Fried

Lee Fried — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:42:17 +0000

Hi Sara,

Thanks for the post. I had a chance to talk with a couple of the executives that have implemented the “no meeting zones” this last week and they all confirmed that they are more effective as leaders. If there is no time to stop and reflect in the chaos of the day there is no time for improvement.

Take care,

Lee

By: sara

sara — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:30:26 +0000

Hi
the concept of a non-meeting zones for leadership to simply “stop, think, reflect and learn” is inspiring.

the concept of slack time as a prerequisite for innovation and creativity brings to mind an Einstein quote-
“The faster you go, the shorter you are”

thanks for thinking out loud. sara

By: Lee Fried

Lee Fried — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:28:10 +0000

Hi Guys,

Thanks for reading and posting. I think it will be a big improvement once the organization makes the transition. It will be hard at first though, because we are so used to our variation.

Take care and see you in the gemba,

Lee

By: Otto Rogers

Otto Rogers — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:04:47 +0000

Hello,

This was actually brought up in one of our morning huddles, I think it is a great plan to free up time for important tasks such as the GEMBA walks. The culture at Group Health is slowing changing for the better with the new lean practices.

Otto

By: Stacey Conley

Stacey Conley — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:13:44 +0000

I really like the concept of the “non-meeting zones” our culture is to rush around to meetings and then try to “connect the dots” wherever a moment is available. I think I get more creative, productive work ideas when I do have a moment to reflect.

Thank you for sharing!