Welcome to Episode 18 of the Enterprise Excellence Podcast. I am so looking to my conversation today. The purpose of the Enterprise Excellence Podcast is sharing knowledge and insights to create a better future. No one exudes this more than Gwendolyn Galsworth. Her life and career has been amazing. She has worked with many of the leaders in Enterprise Excellence, written many award winning books on visual workplace and dedicated herself to helping others improve and grow. Let’s get into the episode.
Gwendolyn created a methodology where operators felt safe, in control, and were not fighting with their environment or others. A visual thinking system that is driven by the operator. Operators would be powerful, would possess a tool to dig in and measure performance. Information in the environment is physical and visible. Can I flow in my work? What do I need to know that I don't know right now in order to do my work? Teach operators how to think.
Gwendolyn believes that work offers the perfect environment to find your power, refine it and then share it with others. This develops unity, and a culture where every person becomes an informal leader.
Gwendolyn would love to work with a group of companies to create a virtual consortium and begin a conversation about making sense of work. Reach out to us if you are keen to participate in this forum. Or if you would like to hear from Gwendolyn again - we sure would! What would you like her to talk about?
Website: visualworkplace.com (Company Website)
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Email: gwendolyn@visualworkplace.com
10:18min Well the connection is that it has to do with a stratum of who we are on the inside and what we express when we're given an opportunity to flow.
20:14min Flow is so natural. What would it be like if a company set as its goal, "We're going to create flow”? Not just in our product scheduling or processes, but flow is actually a higher outcome for us culturally.
28:55min it was Ono who said "People don't come to Toyota to work. They come to think".
29:17min and that's why I called the process in work that makes sense and every aspect of my work, visual thinking. Because if we implement a system of thinking, we've already built in our legacy, our sustainability and we've changed the lives of ourselves and the people who have learned to think.
The key takeaways for me from this episode are:
1. Firstly the benefit of developing a strong sense of self connection to your "I". Knowing who you are, what your natural tendencies are, connecting with your power, but going deeper than that. How do you express yourself when you are in a state of flow? How can you help yourself experience that sense of flow?
2. Secondly the importance of developing your thinking skills. Thinking brings belief in your abilities, a reliance upon yourself, develops confidence and being able to make the most of situations that are presented. Thinkers learn from their experience, and will often improve upon their interactions.
3. Finally focusing on helping others to learn and think. This will foster nurturing and supportive relationships, communication and culture. You will help others to become independent, know their power and how to refine it.
Thank you Gwendolyn for such a holistic, enjoyable and genuine conversation. I look forward
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Thanks for your time, and thanks for helping to create a better future.
