Accomplishment Fuels More Accomplishment
December 13th, 2005 by HalArticle Series - Project kaizen Co-Blogging
- Intro to kaizen for Project Teams
- Norman Bodek, Godfather of Lean
- Project kaizen Co-Blogging Themes
- Jon Miller, Lean Leader
- Chuck Frey, Innovation Maven
- Joe Ely, Lean Practitioner
- Bill Waddell, Lean Provocateur
- Mark Graban, Lean Commentary
- Who's the Project kaizen "Plus One"?
- What is (Project) kaizen?
- gemba Project kaizen
- Adopt Project kaizen to Tap Ingenuity
- Kathleen Fasanella Is Monday's Project kaizen "Plus One" Blogger
- Project kaizen Is Team Sport
- Project kaizen in Workstreams Increases Throughput
- Grim Reader: Project kaizen Co-Blogger for Wednesday
- Quick 'n Easy Kaizen: Winning with Project kaizen
- Revisit and Rethink Your Project with the Project kaizen Blitz
- Accomplishment Fuels More Accomplishment
- We've Just Begun Exploring Project kaizen
Do your projects sap your energy and that of your project team members? Projects can be a fantastic way to do something important — to learn something invaluable — to meet wonderful people. But too often it is not like that. Projects can be taxing. (For me anyway!) If you've done more than one project you know first hand:
Projects are exciting.
Projects are difficult.
Projects are exciting.
Projects cut into family time.
Did I say, "Projects are exciting?"
Stop to notice what you have accomplished for yourself, for your team mates, and for the customer of the project.
Want to make your projects more exciting AND less difficult? You can by taking small steps. Not just once-in-awhile. Everyday. It's the kaizen way. It's time we adopted project kaizen on every project.
Start by noticing what annoys you in your everyday work. I'm not talking about annoying people. What is it that you do that is a little more difficult than it could be? Change it. Not in a big way. Make a change that makes your task a little less annoying. Then do it again. Look for another difficulty. Make another change.
Let your team mates know what you are doing. Invite them to join you. Help them get started. Along the way, stop to notice what you have accomplished for yourself, for your team mates, and for the customer of the project. Give yourself a good pat on the back. Then…get back on the improving path uncovering and reducing more annoyances and difficulties.
Looking for some help with this. Read the postings on Quick 'n Easy kaizen.
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