In a message dated 6/22/04 5:38:41 PM, [email protected] writes:
> > Dear Paul, > > > > Thank you for your outrageous story! You wrote: > > > > "I was engaging the entire workforce in the ideas of WCM, so it was a big > project, many months. > > One of the principles in WCM is the idea of the Outrageous Goal... > > > > ...That's the story. As close to an industrial miracle as I've witnessed in > my 40 years of manufacturing experience. I have several other such stories, > one regarding plastic pipe extrusion, but the principles were the same---set > the Outrageous Goal, set the "new rules" and get out of the way. > > Paul Everett, Consultant > Lean Systems Thinking (WCM) * * " > > > > and so I am very curious about the relationship between the previous "many > months" of work, and the ability to rapidly self-organize to come up with and > meet an Outrageous Goal. What kind of conditions do those many months > create? > > > > Christy Lee-Engel > > Seattle (where it is sunny! and hot!) > > Sorry, hit the wrong button---were major factors. But, I'm reluctant to say what was "the" major cause---I don't think one exists, it was a confluence of influences and events and "shazam", a miracle. (You have to be quite old to understand "Shazam", lol) Since Joelle and I come to Seattle frequently, maybe we could meet up and talk sometime? sincerely, Paul Everett * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
