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I recently ran into someone I’ve known for years. She is the director of Human Resources of an important company that is engaged in manufacturing and marketing of machine tools and learning at international level. As on all previous occasions, we talked about our work, the markets, the difficulties, and like always we came to that point when we both agree on the importance of people for organizations....

«Resilience is the ability to recover from setbacks, adapt well to change and keep going or choose to give up in the face of adversity, so we emerge stronger, wiser and more able». I’m inspired that “choose to give up” is included in this definition of resilience. Choosing to give up can be stigmatized in the face of adversity. It’s typically portrayed as quitting, and experienced as discouraging failure...

Together we are strong – a plea for teamwork Hardly anyone doubts that teamwork techniques are important. However, we cannot claim that everyone knows how to do it right. When conducting Lean transformation processes, we – ActioGlobal – are well aware of the importance of teamwork. This is because its performance is directly proportional to the speed of the transformation. Mastering teamwork...

For months I´ve wanted to share one of the latest messages that Akio Toyoda, President of Toyota, addressed to everyone in his organization.   Now at last, with this article I take the opportunity to analyze what I consider authentic management poetry, in verses without rhyme, but with the rhythm that moves the best organizations in the world, the High-Performance Organizations. 1.-Connection to reality:...

In High-Performance Organizations, leaders share their working time together with the people (employees, teams) at the place where they create value for other people (customers). That place, which is located in different places in the organizational value network, is the Gemba.   Lean Management, as a philosophy that defines the mindset, action and learning model of High-Performance Organizations,...