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Feb 23, 2022Liked by Admired Leadership

When I took over my current department six years ago, I implemented three things immediately: 1) Process Excellence (better, faster, cheaper), 2) Kanban boards (Little's Law), and 3) The quote, "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good enough." It took about six months to get everyone to understand the principles behind them and to get onboard, but once they did, productivity and employee engagement increased considerably.

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Feb 22, 2022Liked by Admired Leadership

Seek perfection and accept excellence.

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"Turn this ship around" is another nuclear Navy turn-around story and it discusses the cultural difference between avoiding errors and pursuing excellence. "Avoiding errors" actually causes problems because meet the regs and stop there - they don't try to get better because that risks making a mistake. On the other hand, pursuing excellence is always looking for ways to do better and as a result it prevents mistakes from happening in the first place.

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