Description

A Norwegian philosopher wrote that the meaning of life is improvement. Sisyphus rolled a rock up a hill for eternity as a life without meaning. Stop Decorating the Fish teaches us not to improve the wrong process. Don't organize waste. Are you pushing rocks up hills that are meaningless? The art of continuous improvement is personal. What you choose to work on is unique like art. Workers want to do good projects. Listen to understand their intentions. Find their natural lean behaviors. Meet people where they are. Speak their language.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• Sisyphus myth: meaningless work versus improvement as life's purpose
• Stop Decorating the Fish: focus on whether you should do it not just how
• Natural behaviors: workers already do things well, identify and build from there
• Fishing rod principle: trust people can solve problems, give rod not fish
• Meeting people where they are: boss drew pictures for workers who couldn't read, productivity tripled

Nobody wants to be a terrorist. Everybody wants to win.

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