Care and Feeding

[EVERETT813 at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/22/04 5:38:41 PM, clee-engel at bastyr.edu writes:


> 
> Dear Paul,
> 
>   
> 
>  Thank you for your outrageous story! You wrote:
> 
>   
> 
>  "I was engaging the entire workforce in the ideas of WCM, so it was a big 
> project, many months. 
> 
> One of the principles in WCM is the idea of the Outrageous Goal...
> 
>   
> 
>  ...That's the story. As close to an industrial miracle as I've witnessed in 
> my 40 years of manufacturing experience.  I have several other such stories, 
> one regarding plastic pipe extrusion, but the principles were the same---set 
> the Outrageous Goal, set the "new rules" and get out of the way.
> 
> Paul Everett, Consultant
> Lean Systems Thinking (WCM)  * * "
> 
>   
> 
>  and so I am very curious about the relationship between the previous "many 
> months" of work, and the ability to rapidly self-organize to come up with and 
> meet an Outrageous Goal. What kind of conditions do those many months 
> create?
> 
>   
> 
>  Christy Lee-Engel
> 
>  Seattle (where it is sunny! and hot!)
> 
> 

Sorry, hit the wrong button---were major factors.   But, I'm reluctant to say 
what was "the" major cause---I don't think one exists, it was a confluence of 
influences and events and "shazam", a miracle.   (You have to be quite old to 
understand "Shazam", lol)

Since Joelle and I come to Seattle frequently, maybe we could meet up and 
talk sometime?

sincerely,

Paul Everett

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