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The value of dignity in work – give or take 6 minutes

Deming Institute

The company’s human resources department described “excessive use of the bathroom as…60 minutes or more over the last 10 working days…do the math and it works out to 6 minutes a day,” the article stated. Imagine the unintended consequences of operation “haste makes waste:” trashed restrooms and unwashed hands.

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Where are you on the management scale of newbie to expert hacker?

Ask Atma

If the person(s) responsible for managing are able to look at the eighteen points above and determine they are more or less in place, they are operating at the most fundamental or beginner’s level of management. Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality; understand that quality comes from improving processes.