Why you should make “no blamer” a “no-brainer”

Soooo many organisations asking questions refer to “the blame game” in their organisations, making it more important to be prepared for the attack than being forgiving and – creative! Why is “No Blame” SO important in Lean organisations? Well, they’ve discovered that if you are allowed to make misstakes you are more likely to take [...]

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Instruction Video goes Viral: Erato Girls show how Passion beats management

Three singers in a vocal ensemble out of the Stockholm Nation of Uppsala University. An instruction video for the 10 head group went viral. One of our commercial TV channels TV4 covered it (live performance at the end!) The Guardian covered the story They of course checked rights with Robyn (@robynkonichiwa on Twitter) – a [...]

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So you’re introducing Lean? Part 2: Some early pitfalls – and hints

Wow! Only about an hour after I released part 1 there was a request for part 2. OK, let’s live this in full: * Make sure top manangement REALLY got it! Unless you have top management support – don’t do it. You are in every detail extremely dependant on support from upper management. Action: Ask [...]

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So you’re introducing Lean? Part 1: Some early pitfalls

So, you’ve hear about LEAN and decided to implement it? Congratulations! There’s a lot to learn and you will see it. There’s so much to learn, so I won’t introduce Lean Fatigue here – just a few hints as you enter the path… * Lean is basically a philosopy – lots of Lean ventures fail [...]

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Why your next kickoff should be an Unconference

Unconferences really make your colleagues stand out! Why not make you next kickoff an unconf?

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Crowd Searching as a tool – what use can You make of it?

I’m realizing I’ve started to use a new tool. It wasn’t planned. I didn’t really need it, nor ask for it. It rather followed me – and proved its value slowly. And now it’s part of my toolbox. What? I’m talking about the #crowdsearch. Users of the Flickr service are daily digging through my vast [...]

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Why working should be like a bluesjam – the death of zero sum games

Ever been to a blues jam? Or ANY jam, for that matter? Do it! If you live in a city with over 100,000 inhabitants it’s likely you have one. Find it. Visit it! It’s probably crowded. Why? Because we just LOVE it! It’s like life should be – and often is! In life, we don’t [...]

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Kreativitet kräver förvirring – session med Callisto

Utan förvirring ingen förändring och ingen kreativitet. Varför har vi så svårt att tänka nytt? Just varit på en frigörande session med Callisto Utriainen på twitter: @framgangstankar. Vad är orsaken att vi har så svårt att tänka kreativt, att hitta sätt att tänka utanför boxen. För vi kan likna hjärnan vid ett antal punkter spridda [...]

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Adapt what’s available – Japanese solution for charging cars

When speaking of electrical cars we often tend to think about where to charge them. Now why not go for what’s available – and transform? Ever been to Japan? One thing you will most likely find when revising your pictures are vending machines! There are literally one on each corner of the block. Here’s more! [...]

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Are you having an AHA moment? How not to waste it.

Are you having AHA moments? When do you know, what does it mean and how do you keep track? Here’s what happened to me here in Stockholm, Sweden yesterday: I certainly had an AHA moment. Being in the finalizing phase with my first released book my brain is probably extremely alert, at least compared to [...]

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