When visual management turns into useless wallpaper Having an Obeya is the latest - fashionable - sign an organization takes Lean seriously. The name itself sounds performing as is it is so strongly related to Lean. Obeya may sound both exotic and performing, but is nothing more than a “big room”. (I assume the perplexed … Continue reading From Obeya to wallpaper show room
Month: November 2016
My takeaways from Breakthrough Project Management conference
Paris, October 17th, 2016. Ian Heptinstall, co-author of “The Executive Guide to Breakthrough Project Management, Capital & Construction Projects on-time in less time, on budget at lower cost without compromise” (full title), was there to deliver his conference on the subject. Before you turn away thinking this has nothing to do with my industry, you … Continue reading My takeaways from Breakthrough Project Management conference
Introducing my blog
With this short video, I'd like to introduce this blog.
Samples from LTP training with Bill Dettmer (Day 1)
Paris, June 2016. Bill Dettmer delivers his 6-day Logical Thinking Process training course in our offices. I am attending on the host’s and partner’s side, going through the whole course for the second time (I got my certificate the previous year) as a backup facilitator-if-needed, a master of ceremony, reporter and videographer. While Bill is … Continue reading Samples from LTP training with Bill Dettmer (Day 1)
The Executive Guide to Breakthrough Project Management – Book Review
The Executive Guide to Breakthrough Project Management is about combining Critical Chain Project Management and "alliancing" or collaborative contracting for a win-win efficient way to manage huge (or small) construction projects. Soon when reading the guide, it becomes obvious that what the authors describe as efficient in construction and capex projects can be used in … Continue reading The Executive Guide to Breakthrough Project Management – Book Review
When enough is… enough
This is a behavior I’ve noticed quite often in food industry, in chemical or pharmaceutical plants: cleaning and sanitation processes (mainly their duration) are extended beyond the standard procedures at the expense of costs and production capacity. Fear of harming In the regulatory-constraint industries like food, chemical or pharma, people on shopfloor are trained and … Continue reading When enough is… enough
Chris HOHMANN 