What do you think are the most likely obstacles to implementing Lean in your company? According to one survey of 2,500 business people, the top three obstacles to Lean implementation are: middle management resistance (36.1 percent), lack of implementation know-how (31 percent), and employee resistance (27.7 percent).… Read more
The true ‘personality’ of an organisation is revealed during what are known as the ‘moments of truth’. Moments of truth are emotionally charged instances such as a lost credit card, an emergency flight booking or repairing a recently bought expensive electronic gadget. … Read more
How do you lead your people? Do you treat your respect for people as a scheduled activity or a behaviour that you exhibit all the time? As you will read the “Respect for People” principle is not a toy to play with.… Read more
As I talked about in my previous post, striking the right balance between Lean Tools and Lean Leadership can be a complex mix of priorities and practices, and I’m not suggesting you do one or the other – both go hand in hand.… Read more
Too often we see the initial efforts of a Lean Implementation fall by the wayside because there is too much emphasis on just applying tools. Many practitioners portray Lean as just a collection of tools and miss the deeper opportunities that these principles bring.… Read more
Nelson based McCashin’s Brewery has once again swooped gold at this year’s prestigious
International Beer Challenge Awards in London.
McCashin’s Brewery picked up a string of awards including a Gold medal for the Stoke Dark,
four Silvers for Stoke Bomber Oatmeal Stout, Stoke Amber, Stoke Pilsner and Stoke Bomber
Biscuit Lager and five Bronze medals for Stoke Bomber Bohemian, Stoke Recognition DPA,
Stoke Recognition Rich Porter, Stoke IPA and Stoke Gold.… Read more
