“We use checklists so not to forget that we have forgotten.” Shigeo Shingo
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Fernando Flores made the language action perspective popular in his books Understanding Computers and Cognition, Disclosing New Worlds, and Building Trust.
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Linguistic Action Perspective of Projects
Projects are human endeavors. By distinguishing a project from the language-action perspective we open new possibilities for successfully managing the project.
Projects Are People-Centered
Successfully leading projects requires a vocabulary that is consistent with the nature of projects. That starts with understanding what it means to be human.
Care for Critical Conversations
We construct our world both physically and interpretively in language. It is through conversation that we get anything purposeful done with others. It happens four critical conversations.
Invite Performers to Decline
Saying "Yes" when meaning "No" leads to breakdowns for you and your team mates. There's one action you can take to get the no you need to get. Learn more…
Projects Are Networks of Commitments
Projects are special-purpose networks of commitment, the fourth in the series of Five Big Ideas Reshaping Project Delivery.
These ten ideas will dramatically improve your projects. Are these ten rules the top ten? You decide. But don't take too long. Share these rules with your team. Your team members are sure to help you carry them out!
I did an interview with Bas de Baar via Skype video. We discussed how my company is using collaborative tools in support of our clients' projects. Enjoy!
Did you catch the Foreword to In Pursuit of Elegance
The Lean Project Coaches hit the 50 posts mark on Friday. Quite a milestone for just 6 weeks blogging at Coaches Corner. They are writing on all aspects of lean projects. Tap into that for your projects.
Chris Slivon shares a bit of her journey in being a lean coach in the post
Knowing and Not Knowing where she and others write for Lean Project Consulting's Coaches Corner.
Daily improvement to make our jobs safer, easier and more interesting is a corner-stone for Toyota. My colleague Rebecca Bettler describes how Quick 'n'Easy Kaizen is even more powerful when it's team sport. Read A Hidden Beauty...
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Learn about the TWI approach from the only Senior Master Trainer in the US. Patrick Graupp will introduce you to this landmark program: Webinar.
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Adopt this mnemonic for your project environment. Thanks Matt for writing about it.
Raven is consolidating project management hash tags for use on Twitter. Thank you Raven!
Read the latest story of how green meets lean, or should I say kaizen? It's a Wall St Journal article that you don't want to miss.
It irks me when people play games with their writing. It wastes the readers' time, turns them off to what one has to say, and creates idealogical warfares. Write clearly...for the readers. Sorry for this outburst. Let's speak (and write) so we can be understood. Our projects will benefit from that.