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The Fundamental Thinking Problems that Prevent Improvement

Using “check” prevents tunnel vision… and tunnel thinking

Tripp Babbitt
Thu, 11/04/2010 - 05:30
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In my previous article, “Prying Management Away from Old Assumptions,” we talked about the relationship between thinking, system, and performance. W. Edwards Deming told us that to improve performance, the system has to change and that the system represents 95 percent of any organization’s performance. But Deming’s message fell on deaf ears and what didn’t change was the thinking. Thinking must change for the system to change.

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So, where do we begin? We begin with understanding our organization as a system by getting knowledge to perform using “check.”

The Vanguard Model for “check” is a six-step process:

1. What is the purpose from a customer’s point of view?
2. What are the type and frequencies of demand?
3. How well does the system respond to demand in achieving purpose?
4. Study the flow.
5. Understand system conditions.
6. Thinking… more important, management thinking

 

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Submitted by synfuent on Sun, 11/07/2010 - 05:18

Thinking. A definition, please.

It is interesting to see that so much of the inefficiencies and problems which we experience in our business processes can be laid at the feet of our 'thinking'.

Is our thinking corrupted by the improper application of our thoughts to the process under consideration or by poorly defined, or undefined expectations?

At any rate, the word 'thinking' in this context seems to draw the discussion into nebulous and inexact areas.

I would appreciate seeing something more concrete about this subject- perhaps a model.

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