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Lean Math Phobia and Other Disorders

Let’s not get trapped by analysis paralysis

Mark R. Hamel
Wed, 03/06/2013 - 11:08
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When discussing lean math with other folks, I often get some less-than-optimal responses. Of course, much of the time it’s probably me.

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Submitted by umberto mario tunesi on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 19:23

Do I read you right?

Are we born math-phobiacs or are we GROWN math-phobiacs? I hate Arythmetics but I love Algebra. We all use numbers anytime, anywhere, it's just so; but we don't allow ourselves to use different "thinking tools": Mr. De Bono's "Lateral Thinking" is a first example. The Business Score-cards shown at top management's meetings are surely "numbers": but numbers are - as a likely Mr. ISO would say - both input to and output of processes. The question being: what are the processes? Do we really know - and, maybe, control - them? We are math-phobiacs because we are result-maniacs; and we are systematically grown up to measure results via numbers, therefore maths. The smart one who will write a book on how to numerically measure happiness will make a best-seller of it. Thank you.      

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