Part of making routines work for you is making it easy for you to run through them; if a routine is difficult or taxing the first few times through, then you won't want to do it again, and you'll have real trouble making it stick. This can also be true of tasks that look like … Continue reading Setting Up
One of the key principles of Lean Manufacture is routine. Routines make things repeatable, they make sure that successful outcomes are reached again and again and again. They are incredibly powerful, they help us achieve consistent, quick, high quality results; time after time. They are also central to our ability to Make Time. The Power … Continue reading Routine
For those of you who have read my profile you will know that I work for a large, FTSE 100 company , in the UK. I have worked for this organisation for more than 15 years, and in that time I have seen a lot of new faces, so I have developed a little list … Continue reading Saying No
“I just don’t have the time.” Have, have the time. Or maybe, from the last post, my favourite; “Oh, your so lucky that you have the time.” There’s that word again, have. From ownership we have to take action, once you have accepted that your time is to control as you see fit, we now … Continue reading Have vs. Make
“Oh I would love to be able to do that, but I just have too many meetings.” Have you ever said this to someone? How about, “You’re lucky that you have the time to do that.” I hear that one all the time, the implication being that I somehow have an extra hour or two … Continue reading Your Time
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