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  Inconvenience and risk are present in our manufacturing businesses every day. Some should not prevent us from moving forward now; others represent to much potential risk — probability and/or severity — and require delay as we better understand and plan. You likely do much of this in your head daily, but may not realize that all your employees do the same things. You are not likely aware of what assessment process each uses. Worker accidents often emanates from failure to understand risk, or the belief that management...

Last week’s podcast exposed my frustration with executives and journalists who claim to understand lean but obviously, to me and my opinionated thinking, do not. Today I will share a few of the critical distinctions that underlie my passion.First, when I hear the word “lean” I immediately think of the Toyota

Introduction As part of The Blue Line global learning hub, the Staff College offers free access to all UN staff to a set of selected online courses and management-related tools. Objectives By providing this unique space for free and continuous learning in the area of leadership and management, the Staff College would like to strengthen the knowledge and skills of UN staff to continuously enhance the effectiveness of the UN system. Course Methodology After registration, participants can start and complete modules and activities at their own pace. UN staff can find online modules and courses co...

When I was growing up in manufacturing a primary point of friction between leadership and production workers was “quality or quantity.” Leaders did not understand what was so irrational about their expectation; the two should not be mutually exclusive. The production workers, however, who worked with existing processes, couldn’t see

Attracting the Best Candidates   As manufacturers are searching high and low for employees, it is crucial that we not make bad hiring decisions out of a sense of desperation. A warm body is not what you need. Today we’ll dig into how to attract candidates who can help you create a future that you can’t even predict well right now. Technology is the future of manufacturing, yet we need other than technologists. We need to identify those who ...