Engineering Your Business Podcast
Do More With What You Have083: I is for Innovation [ABC’s of EYB]
There are a lot of keys to helping your company thrive, grow, become more efficient and a better place to work.. We've discussed several of them already. But today we're going to talk about a different aspect to the whole thing. A concept that can apply to both the people and the process side of…
082: H is for Help [ABC’s of EYB]
OK, so I'm a guy. And there is, unfortunately, a stigma about guys. Well, there's probably a lot of stigmas about guys, but there's one that I'm going to bring up because it applies to today's topic. We don't like to ask for help. Lost out on the road (let's assume before smart phones came…
081: G is for Gemba [ABC’s of EYB]
So you might be listening today just to find out what the heck a Gemba is. If that's you, welcome to the show and I'm glad you're here. Gemba is a Japanese word that is used in Lean Manufacturing to basically mean the place where the work is getting done. There are phrases like "gemba…
080: F is for Fun [ABC’s of EYB]
I'll make today's episode short and sweet. Have more fun at work... it's OK. Your people aren't coming in each day and doing their work because they're robots. They want to be able to work and make a difference. But they also want to enjoy their time there. So, as much as possible, look for…
079: E is for Encouragement [ABC’s of EYB]
I believe that there are few things more powerful than words. Both for good and for bad. We've no doubt all been the victim of words that were directed at us to attack us, devalue us, make fun of us, maybe even destroy us. For some of us, we can still remember words like that…
078: D is for Decisions
If you did something 35,000 times in one day, do you think it might fatigue you a little bit? According to some sources, that's how many conscious decisions we make each day. Seems ridiculous at first. Because I think we tend to group decisions somehow and we only recognize decisions that are in a certain…
077: Freedom!
We'll rejoin our ABC's of Engineering Your Business Tomorrow, but I wanted to just take a few minutes as we finish out our 4th of July weekend here in the U.S. to say how much I appreciate the freedoms we have here and those that have sacrificed to give them to us. It was a…
076: Ode to Automation
We're taking a break from our ABCs of EYB series today to do another Ode to the Office. If you've ever been involved with automating anything, especially anything physical like a machine or process, then this one is for you. I tried to shed some light on both the dream of automating and the reality…
075: C is for Curiosity [ABC’s of EYB]
So far, we've covered the importance of providing your people Access to what they need and the value of aiming for Better in your organization in incremental ways and how that can often succeed when other things fail. For all of my fellow fans of the TV show The Office, it took everything I had…
074: B is for Better [ABC’s of EYB]
Yesterday we started our new series talking about how important it is to give your people Access to the information, tools and people that they need to complete their task or project. Today, we're going to talk about Better In the manufacturing world there is a concept known as Continuous Improvement. It is often tied…
