How to Square Value (Part 2)
Last Wednesday I introduced the tool “Values and Development Square.” Today I want to show you in more detail how to use it. Understand a value conflict between people.Click To Tweet To use the square...
View ArticlePareto in the Kitchen
Welcome to the third post in my mini-series about learning and the Pareto Principle. In this post I will share some thoughts about cooking and how to learn it. If you have read my posts about language...
View ArticleWhy Settle for a Baby and a Little Patch of Land?
You surely know Albert Hammond’s song about the Free Electric Band. Here is a part of it that inspired me to write today’s post: She’d settle for suburbia and a little patch of land So I gave her up...
View ArticleThe Winners: Lean Beyond Award 2013
Finally, I can present you the winners of the Lean Beyond Award 2013. Collecting candidates was not as easy as expected, but finally I got some nominations via my twitter feed. I hope you like my...
View ArticleWhy Values are no Absolutes
Recently I stumbled upon some interesting dojo (house) rules of a karate dojo. Using value and development squares we are going to examine these rules today. You will be surprised how the opposite of...
View ArticleWhat You Can Learn about Lean from the Game “Flappy Birds”
“Flappy Birds” is a Lean game. It delivers value (fun) to its target group (casual gamers) with minimum effort (game play and production cost) at a price accepted by the market (zero, if you do not...
View ArticleAre Your House Rules Value Driven? (Exercise)
Do you have familiy rules? Are you working in a team that has team rules? Do you have house rules that visitors have to accept? Would you prefer that people behave according to these rules? Then...
View ArticleWhat Drives You: Processes or Results?
Recently, on a train trip, I had an interesting conversation. One thing we talked about were cultural differences between various nations. I won’t bore you with the details, but here is what the...
View ArticleCultural Differences in Process Perception – Who is Who?
In my last post I wrote about cultural differences between nations A, B, and C. As promised, find the solution which nation is which: Americans (Nation A) are result oriented. Germans (Nation B) are...
View ArticleValue Trade-Off: Why I Post Less
You may have noticed that I post less. There is a simple reason for that: value trade-off. Until recently, I used to go to the office via public transport. That was a lot of wasted time that I filled...
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