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We are built to create stories to relax our minds but that also create some issues to be aware of.

2 Min Drill. We are Story making machines.

This is a subject close to my heart. The secret that blocks successful implementation and what you can do about it…

2 Min Drill The secret behind real OpEx

Based on the level of emotion at our last company workshop, LDI has reached new heights in its core value; “Being a loving, caring, and giving family. The LDI “extended” family had the pleasure in building and packaging 10 prosthetic hands that will be internationally distributed at no cost to those in need. This team building exercise was like no other we have seen. It pushed on collaboration, inspiration, assistance, and the overall spirit giving. In the end, many in the team were brought to tears but in the safe environment that LDI provides. Many thanks to all that participated and a special thanks to Carol at Odyssey Teams.

LDI family Building prosthetic hands for people in need.

James Smith is sharing his thoughts on data systems for manufacturing.

2 Min Drill Do you really know your data

In This episode of the two-minute drill, I’m going to be talking about the key components in delivering a deep root to change in an organization. Focusing on leadership.

Implementing a continuous improvement system obviously requires 100 percent committed from the management team, so after you have a clear direction, you have your deployment done, your organization is aligned. Now it’s important to ensure that the management is 100 percent committed…

2 Min Drill 100% Commitment

Organizations often struggle to understand how an what to plan when embarking on an improvement journey…

2 Min Drill What is a Deployment

Classical Operational Excellence work has been around for a long time and we can see that a majority of organizations who try to implement it fails. One of the reasons for the failure is lack of human focus. Watch the video for more…

 

What is Operational Excellence 2.0 and how is it implemented in an organization?

I met a young quality manager and we walked through the shop to discuss opportunities. I found a stack of scrapped parts…the story that followed was amazing…

2 Min Drill, people don’t fail it’s the System that fails.

I’m at the World Trade Center thinking about the Emotional Intelligence that went in to rebuilding the area and finding a way to honor the victims.

2 Min Drill The Strong Bond

Imagine if you could get instant feedback for everything you did, how fast would you develop? What would be possible for you?

2 Min Drill Feedback

With the mindset of always wanting to do better and using a method to develop you will win, for example in this video around problem-solving and golf. …

2 Min Drill, The Mindset for Problem Solving

When I was a production manager for an area and I had a team of fantastic people that I worked with, one day when I was walking to a meeting one of the guys there told to another guy that “if I was intelligent I will be working in design.” I stopped and asked him “what do you mean if you’re intelligent to work in design”? He said “yea, I meant exactly what I said!” so I thought it was a bit strange and when I walked into the meeting, I addressed that to everyone and I said “do you feel the same?” basically, they said, “yeah if we’re intelligent, we will work in another area”. These guys for assembling jet engines …

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2 Min Drill, The real focus for better output