
It Is Always Risky Business
Risk is simply the effect of uncertainty on our objectives. When most people hear the word “risk”, they picture hard hats, hazard warnings and Health & Safety incidents. Those threats

Risk is simply the effect of uncertainty on our objectives. When most people hear the word “risk”, they picture hard hats, hazard warnings and Health & Safety incidents. Those threats

Within a Management Operating System, the most visual component is generally the Lean Board style Daily Production Meeting. They are the charts that are strictly two colour: Green is Good,

Deming said there is joy in work, and I certainly found mine at a gold operation. I’d helped design a Change Leader Program built around Lean, Six Sigma, and the

Week one with a new employer and no time was lost in parachuting me in to take over a new Lean Program from the boss. A medium sized family business,

Brrt..brrt… Mine Manager is calling. “Growy, I’m sending you the FS for the 2nd decline. It wasn’t approved by the IC – don’t know why. Can you take a look

I spent nearly two years embedded one day a week in a family‑run printing company – great people, great culture, and a perfect environment for Lean transformation. Their flagship product

Blown up big rocks get crushed into smaller rocks, which get fed into a Grinding Mill. The micro rocks slip through a screen as slurry and head downstream. The stubborn

I was a soldier / tradesman for a decade past my apprenticeship. In the mid-90’s, there were two stripes on my arm and I was in charge of the Electrical