It was good to read Harry Wallop’s article in The Times entitled ‘Workers are better placed than bosses to improve productivity’ He cited a person working at the Ministry of Defence saying: “If management would listen to me, we could improve antiquated processes and procedures” Harry followed this up by noting that: “Some companies run …
Category: 19. CI
Oct 29
Productivity improvement must involve all employees
The following are extracts from an article in the Huffingtom Post by Mike Clancy, General secretary of Prospect – one must involve all employees, all the time, for effective productivity improvement The UK is not productive enough and we do not share wealth widely enough: Unemployment may be historically low but public satisfaction with the economy …
Feb 05
Nigeria seeks CI benefits – the West ignores them!
The Japanese government via their METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) and the JPC (Japanese Productivity Centre) are collaborating with the Nigeria NPC (National Productivity Centre) to improve productivity in that country’s manufacturing sector with the aim of ‘boosting economic development and standard of living’ The NPC Director-General, Dr Kashim Akor, said: “The ultimate goal …
Feb 02
Japan pushes CI into Africa
The Japanese government, via the JPC (Japan Productivity Centre) is helping African companies on their productivity journey by adopting Kaizen (aka CI – Continuous Improvement) and lean management techniques At first, they selected three Model Companies in Africa – Japanese experts trained their middle managers and supervisors – then productivity improvements were sought The results were …
Nov 02
Great performers employ CI
There’s a direct read-across between how the best in business emulate the best in sport In an article in The Times, Matthew Syed asks ‘What separates greats from wasted talents?’: “Great athletes are hyper-confident – they don’t believe they have any weaknesses – they cannot be beaten – they’re already perfect and so cannot continually improve” …
Sep 04
Continuous Improvement is a must for all
In an article written by Dr John Neill for The New European he considered ways to end austerity initiatives without bankrupting the country and ‘put the UK back on the right road’ He kicked off quoting the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England arguing that if the British economy could achieve the same performance …