Posts by Beneva Group
Learning Lessons in Uncertain Times
Change management and lean, your time is now. Jill Jusko APR 06, 2020 We are living through some crazy, challenging and uncertain times. I am sitting here working from home because, like many of you, in the wake of COVID-19 our company is doing what it can to ensure employee safety and has encouraged us…
Read MoreToyota shares its ‘secret sauce’ to help D-FW nonprofits do more
By Sabrina Corsiga10:00 AM on Aug 30, 2019 Deep inside Toyota’s North American headquarters in Plano, there is a small group of dedicated professionals with a specific set of skills. Their sole purpose? To share Toyota’s “secret sauce” with society. This 16-person team, called the Toyota Production System Support Center (TSSC), shares Toyota’s culture of empowering…
Read MoreRethinking Lean in a Time of Social Distancing
Process and system designs need to adapt to keep workers safe. Beau Keyte APR 03, 2020 I was reading about March Madness shutting down when I received an SOS email from a plant manager. He had just shut down his plant for a couple of weeks and was concerned that much of the lean efforts…
Read MoreIs Agility More Important than Lean?
With the right vision, the two go hand-in-hand. Rick Bohan MAR 30, 2020 A friend of mine works for a company that’s always been in the consumer goods arena. It hopes to expand its B2B portfolio. The company is striving to respond consistently to Requests For Quotes (RFQ) within two weeks. It predicts that it…
Read MoreNever let a serious crisis go to waste
March 30, 2020 In an interview with the Wall Street Journal on November 19,2008, Rahm Emanuel was quoted as saying; “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that [is] it’s an opportunity to do things that you think you could not before.” He was referring to…
Read MorePlaying the Lean Long Game
As the market changes quickly, now is the time for some serious scientific thinking. Beau Keyte MAR 27, 2020 Many of us might be wringing our hands over the impact of this pandemic on our expansive lean (or, whatever you chose to call it) transformation. Perhaps you’re approaching it with the wrong goal in mind.…
Read MoreDoubling down on digital transformation during the coronavirus pandemic
As the coronavirus, or COVID-19, paralyzes businesses and society worldwide, it’s tempting to backburner digital strategy amid the sharp uptake in business continuity and resiliency efforts. Don’t do that: Rather, accelerate business transformation efforts now to put yourself in better position after the pandemic passes, say experts and CIOs. “You have to avoid the tendency…
Read MoreVirtual Meetings Don’t Have to Be a Bore
Post navigation Those of us who present, facilitate, and teach for a living understand the importance of developing a personal connection with an audience. It’s critical to be and feel natural; to make people laugh, feel at ease, and fully engage — and perhaps even lose themselves — in the content you’re delivering. That’s why…
Read MoreA Guide for Working (From Home) Parents
by Avni Patel Thompson March 19, 2020 Amir and Ria are working professionals living in Seattle: he works at Amazon and she’s the CEO of an early-stage start-up. They have two kids, Amara and Aryan, who are 6 and 2 years old. They’re used to managing the usual challenges of dual working parents — coordinating…
Read MoreSilver Bullets Are Seductive But Unhelpful – Especially In Uncertain Times
Kotter ContributorLeadership StrategyWe write about accelerating transformation. By Gaurav Gupta Change is hard and complex, and changing the behaviors of millions of people is especially so. It is seductive to try to make it simple – or at least more defined and straightforward. For the millions of people who decide to go on a diet…
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