Live Webinar
with Dr. Gwendolyn Galsworth
Thursday, February 12
12:00 - 1:30pm Pacific
Automatic Recoil-
The Visual Where:
Borders, Addresses,
ID Labels
What borders are, how they work, and why Dr. Galsworth considers them the single most important element in achieving visual order. You will also see dozens of brilliant addresses and ID labels and learn how the absence of either can result in accidents, mix-ups, defects, long lead time-and a ton of struggle.
$75 per person or group
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The cells of an onion are divided into two sections separated by a membrane. One side of the membrane contains an enzyme which helps chemical processes occur in your body. The other side of the membrane contains molecules that contain sulfur. When you cut an onion, the contents on each side of the membrane mix and cause a chemical reaction. This reaction produces ethylsufine which make your eyes water.
Cold temperatures slow down the reaction between the enzyme and the sulfur compounds, so if you freeze your onion for 10 minutes before cutting, fewer of the burning molecules will reach your eyes.
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Our mind seeks patterns. If it cannot find one, it goes into a mild level of stress. If the lack of pattern persists, the stress level rises. When we lay down borders, we lay down the pattern of work. We lay down a certain physical logic of work for all to see. Those borders provide the pattern that the mind seeks and needs.
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From the Editor:
De-Stress your Workspace
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You can de-stress your work space by creating visual resting spots: Give your eyes - and your mind - a break with photos, artwork, or a plant. It also helps to organize your desk using visual systems and devices. Many types of stress come from a feeling of being out of control. By using visuality to organize your files, piles, and paraphernalia, you get a sense that there is some order in all the chaos, and your mind can relax.
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Visual Radio:
The Strange Attractor vs. Flavor of the Month
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Listen to Gwendolyn this Thursday at 10am
This Week's Episode
The Strange Attractor vs. Flavor-of-the-month Improvement Do your efforts to lead improvement ever seem random and erratic-producing results that are unpredictable or inconsistent? Do you, as a result, decide to abandon the endeavor and start over on some other improvement target-the notorious flavor-of-the-month syndrome? Do the so-called glories of leading improvement sound like so much hype to you-a distraction from the real business at hand: making a profit? If so, you may have unworkable notion of how improvement progress is made and long-lasting results achieved. Read More and Listen Live
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Visual Representation of a Strange Attractor ("Atractor Poisson Saturne" by
Nicolas Desprez, www.chaoscope.org/gallery.htm. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
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A close focus on the Mandelbrot set, a fractal that demonstrates the power of stillness and resolve to never give up.
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The Hundredth Monkey
by Gwendolyn Galsworth
(Note: Dr. Galsworth is conducting seminars in the U.K. Her series on The Ten Doorways will resume with Doorway 8 in the February 11 issue.)
In 1952, something happened to the macaque monkeys on the remote island of Koshima that has very much to do with your implementation of visuality and your march toward achieving a visual workplace. Like most wild creatures, the macaques spend much of their time gathering food. Collecting food and feeding behaviors are passed on, by example,from mother to young. A group of scientists was researching macaque feeding behaviors. As part of their experiment, they set stacks of raw sweet potatoes in selected spots on the beaches of Koshima. Quite naturally, the potatoes were quickly covered with sand, presenting the monkeys with a dilemma: Every time they took a bite of these delicious new treats, they also got a bite of sand and grit. One day an eighteen-month-old female monkey carried a sand-covered sweet potato to a stream and solved...
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Have you seen a Visual Fail that made you laugh?
Send the image to [email protected], and we'll put it here and credit you with the funny find!
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