Lean - process planning, lean planning & disaster planning

As was once said - "In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable."


Most plans don't go according to plan. Even the best plan created by the brightest minds does not survive contact with reality. So what we need is a strong and adaptive planning process.



When we plan, do, check and act over and over this is planning - this is also process.



And then there is the leadership process - as once described as "Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it."


Former Toyota President Gary Convis shares advice given to him by his mentors to "lead as if you had no power".



We can influence others to think and act differently only by motivating them to do so. The best long-term motivation is internal motivation based on shared purpose, individual desires and an understanding of how these are aligned.



See an example of what I mean in this VIDEO