Powerful innovation goes where the action resides; workers take the responsibility too solves everyday problems and generate ideas to improve the company; context is a essential part of the process and solving the right problem brings value and customer satisfaction (focus-solve the task at hand); creating a 1,000 bright ideas is less affective than solve one problem that is impacting the process efficiency (solutions surface when processes are understood at the place of work – go where the action is occurring); elegant solutions are the product of continuous, incremental and evolutionary improvement (leave open to individual interpretation how to best add value); perfection requires discipline like a scientist and creativity like an artist; perfection focuses on incremental improvements that have huge impacts. “Toyota is not immune to the political ales afflicting big companies. And bureaucracy can indeed kill ideas.” “People need some way to thing about their work, a perspective that enables them to manage the mounting tension between their ability to innovate and the ever-increasing demands placed on them. They need a way to get a better sense of control over their work and life.” Remove from the organization the fear that: “our culture is too bureaucratic. My ideas don’t count. I don’t get the resources I need” and watch employees gain control over work and life.[Learn More ...]

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