This week’s guest is Chad Bareither. Ron and Chad discussed Chad’s book, “Improve LESS,” Toyota Kata, why continuous improvement is not just “extra work,” and more. An MP3 audio version of this episode is available for download here.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- The quote Chad likes (2:08)
- His background (2:59)
- About entropy and why progress comes undone (4:59)
- The root cause (7:11)
- An example of a client who found success by “improving less” (9:29)
- The Effort vs. Impact matrix (12:08)
- Why Chad loves Toyota Kata (16:10)
- Getting away from the idea that continuous improvement is not “extra work” (17:30)
- An example from one of Ron’s prior jobs (19:29)
- Understanding your “Why?” (24:05)
- About Chad’s book, Improve Less (25:49)
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