Kaizen is a Japanese word coming back to the meaning of improvement. As a management philosophy, it refers to a set of practices aimed at continuously improving processes, products, and services by making small, incremental changes. Essentially, it's what are the small steps we can take over time instead of large, big sweeping changes all at once.
Read MoreIn this episode we bring on Devon, an Operations Manager at a local contract manufacturer. In his role, he often provides action oriented feedback to achieve production goals. We discuss how giving feedback should be evidence based for greatest impact.
Read MoreThe Eisenhower Matrix, first introduced by President Dwight Eisenhower, was a way to approach how we respond to urgency and importance. This 2x2 matrix is a tool all about prioritizing time and tasks. By segmenting things as important or not important as well as urgent and not urgent, we’re able to see what projects or tasks require our immediate focus now and which ones should be prioritized later. This is a simple yet effective exercise to help better understand how your time and tasks are fitting into your overall goals.
Read MoreStart, Stop, Continue is a simple yet powerful tool for business improvement. This framework is under the Agile system and it’s a type of sprint retrospective. This tool enables us to look back at a specific aspect of the project to identify improvements for individuals and teams to implement moving forward.
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