• Fostering an Environment of Scientific Thinking

    Fostering an Environment of Scientific Thinking

      Describing what it looks like when an organization “embraces scientific thinking” has evolved over the years at the Shingo Institute. If the reader was to look at the Shingo Model™ and Guidelines...

  • Why Pursuing Big Ideas is Killing Your Culture

    Why Pursuing Big Ideas is Killing Your Culture

    The best indicator of successfully developing a continuous improvement culture is your ability to engage people. Because “engagement is all about participation,” according to communications consultant...

  • Learning Change from a LunaTik

    Learning Change from a LunaTik

    Scott Wilson is the founder of MINIMAL (MNML), a hybrid design studio with a growing blue chip client roster, numerous self-manufactured products and joint ventures in development.  An accomplished...

  • Learning Systems Design from Dead Poets

    Learning Systems Design from Dead Poets

    “Why do I stand up here?  I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.  You see the world looks very different up here … Just when you think...

  • Seeing What Makes Processes Tick

    Seeing What Makes Processes Tick

    Daniel Weil is a partner of Pentagram and a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art.  Daniel has been working as an architect and designer since 1977 and his projects have included products, packaging,...

  • Redesigning an Industry Icon

    Redesigning an Industry Icon

    Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally was a runaway winner of the 2010 MarketWatch CEO of the year, easily beating out Steve Jobs, Vikram Pandit, Jeff Bezos and Reed Hastings.  Since the hiring of Mulally...

  • Visual Problem Solving

    Visual Problem Solving

    Tom Wujec is a Fellow at Autodesk, the world’s leader in 2D & 3D design software.  He has brought several software applications to market, including SketchBook Pro, PortfolioWall, and Maya which...

  • Show Up and Start Anywhere

    Show Up and Start Anywhere

    “If they had to wait for inspiration or a good idea, few scenes would ever begin.  Players step onto the stage because that is where things are happening.  They just show up.  Then the magic begins.”...

  • Changing How We See Ourselves

    Changing How We See Ourselves

    Meet Bill Strickland.  He is the President and CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corporation and delivers educational and cultural opportunities to students and adults within a culture that fosters innovation,...

  • The Power of an “Impossible” Goal

    The Power of an “Impossible” Goal

    A $2,000 car?  The Chairman of Suzuki Motor Corporation said it was impossible…but, that didn’t deter Ratan Tata.  Motivated by a passion for meeting the needs of India’s impoverished people,...