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Public Visual Thinking Seminar and Visual Site Assessment
Alexandria, Minnesota
Feb 28 & Mar 1, 2017
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March & April, 2017
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Do not try to standardize on new devices too soon. Focus on inspiration, not duplication. Let the creativity run. Let people continue to experiment and develop new ways of capturing visual answers. Give it 6 to 8 months, then think about capturing the current Visual Best Practices, always announcing, when you do, that each such practice simply represents the current baseline. Encourage people to feel free to take those further.
- Dr. Gwendolyn Galsworth,
from Pharmaceutical Manufacturing article, The Visual Workplace: Translating Vital Information into Exact Behavior
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Great signs, clever visual devices, artistic or humorous graffiti. If you find one to share, send the image to
cindy@visualworkplace.com
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Listen to Gwendolyn this
Thursday at 10am
(Pacific) on
Is it realistic to troubleshoot your next improvement process before it gets started? Can you really plan your failures away--even when lots of people are involved? According to Gwendolyn Galsworth, the answer to both questions is a resounding YES. Join us this week as Dr. Galsworth continues her march through the 25 leadership tasks that she considers mission-critical for a highly-effective visual conversion. These tasks or behaviors either prepare us for success--or trigger a set of early victories that allow the company to build momentum, moving from strength to strength. This week she adds four tasks to the set of seven the senior manager or ranking site executive undertakes before the first person gets trained: 4) Target the change through your Laminated Map; 5) Resource success through your Improvement Time Policy; 6) Get your supervisors aligned and on board; and 7) Get Maintenance aligned and on board. All before you launch. Tune in/Learn more.
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The Barracuda Leader: Visuality and Lunch
by Gwendolyn Galsworth, PhD
The barracuda is an ambush fish, capable of speeds of 25 mph and feared by all but killer whales and sharks. If confronted by one of those enemies and there is no place to hide, the barracuda simply attacks. Whether hunting or escaping, the barracuda is a formidable predator.
I find myself contemplating the barracuda's traits when I consider much of the current discussion on leadership. That conversation places great emphasis on the leader's capacity to be values-driven, express humility, not take credit, and generally be--and be seen as--a really nice person. The irony of this in a time of brutal politics is that political correctness (PC) is valued above and beyond almost any other leader-like behavior. I value those traits as well--but it's a PC-centered world. So very little is heard of the importance of a leader's determination, single-mindedness, focus, ability to drive, super-smarts or savvy. No one denies the primacy of these, the business-end of a leader's work. But no one is talking about them.
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Top row signs: Pineapple - Honeydew - Cantaloupe
Bottom row signs: Apple - Orange - Grapefruit
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Have you seen a Visual Fail that made you laugh? Send the image to
cindy@visualworkplace.com,
and we'll put it here and credit you with the funny find!
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