Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Silent Killer #5: Suppressing Innovation. Thanks to the bureaucracy and lack of listening that exists in most companies today, we have created working environments that stifle the creativity, original thought, and innovation that make our human capital so valuable. The greatest enemy of innovation is modern management.

Six Sigma 50

Six Sigma Productivity Products Bureaucracy 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Historic innovation often comes during times of historic difficulty, as these breakdowns create the demand for something new to emerge. Ohno was then a student of Henry Ford’s industrial process designs and innovations, but these would no longer work given the circumstances in post-war Japan. Suppressing Innovation.

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Ohno Productivity Products Six Sigma 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2014

Why would a company use such drastic tactics? In a blog post, Uber says, "We never use marketing tactics that prevent a driver from making their living — and that includes never intentionally canceling rides." Its smart phones make up a mere 2% of the global market. The program, in all of its glory, is known as SLOG.

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