Helping people SEE, THINK, CHANGE
Brainstorming is a very useful and valuable tool when you need to generate ideas. I’d be willing to bet that all CI practitioners (and probably the majority of managers generally) have been in a brainstorming session at some point.
But are they always effective?
Do the creative, innovative ideas flow easily?
Not always.
If you are a CI Manager or a Lean Leader, I’d guess you might have a few books on your desk.
Of course, there are the lean classics – Lean Thinking, The Toyota Way, The Goal – but I think there are also a number of other, less obvious, brilliant books which can be hugely valuable to you.
This is the first article in a series covering some brilliant alternative books that I believe can really help CI Managers, Lean Leaders, or any manager involved in change and improvement.
Fourteen years ago, I attended a brilliant one-day workshop at the Roffey Park Institute led by Dr Vincent Covello of the Center for Risk Communication in New York. Dr Covello is an internationally recognised expert in risk, crisis, conflict, change, and high-stress communications. The workshop was titled ‘Communicating in Times of High-Stress’….
Everyone HATES change! Right?
This is something I hear all the time. And I bet you do too if you are a Continuous Improvement Manager or someone involved in Change Management.