Do you get the sense of silo thinking, fixed mindset, or “this is alway the way we’ve done things around
{{cta(‘047ac8f2-ff1a-4a65-894c-2234d7c1ebf8′,’justifycenter’)}}In this article, I refer to just one format I use, and I’m sharing at a high level the resources associated with that format.
Day 1 – Value Stream Map
Day 2 – Beer game, Six Thinking Hats, Prioritize action
Days 3 & 4 – Toyota Kata experiments & Business Model Canvas iterations, agree a post-workshop Kata rhythm
Purpose
- Attain common understanding of current condition, challenge & target condition
- Unblock mental models
- Open perspective to other models
- Find a way forward
- Make change part of normal daily work
Youtube Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2baQZ5qPWc7K4yQlldHz-SaZ00wZayWS
Skills
- Value Stream Mapping
- Beer game from MIT/Fifth Discipline
- Six Thinking Hats (Edward de Bono)
- Toyota Kata (Mike Rother)
- Business Model Canvas (Strategyzer)
Resources
- Value Stream Mapping – http://www.valueglide.com/blog/how-to-improve-your-service-delivery
- Beer game (MIT/Fifth Discipline) – http://web.mit.edu/jsterman/www/SDG/beergame.html
- Six Thinking Hats – http://www.debonogroup.com/six_thinking_hats.php
- Toyota Kata – http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mrother/Homepage.html
- Business Model Canvas – https://strategyzer.com/canvas/business-model-canvas
I get encouraged when I hear my audiences say back to me a phrase from Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin – “it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.” We set standards but if we accept less, then that’s the informal standard, the real standard.
