JJ Puentes
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How to Apply the Right Lean Tools for Every Improvement
August 12, 2021Whether or not your organization fully embraces the Lean manufacturing business paradigm or just borrows some of its best practices, the...
The Urgent Need for Empathy In the Workplace
February 16, 2021Empathy is the ability to understand someone else’s feelings. It is a prerequisite for compassion. In 2021, compassion is in more demand...
The Six Big Losses in Automotive Manufacturing
January 19, 2021In automotive manufacturing, there are several things you can take for granted; unfortunately, some are unwelcome. The Six Big Losses are...
Optimizing Outcomes: Quality Improvement Software for Healthcare
June 5, 2023While the quality of care and the patient experience has long been a top priority for healthcare organizations, increasingly they are...
The Lessons We’re Thankful For This Year
November 24, 2020As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches in this most difficult year, it is undeniably human to focus on all that is lost. The toll of this...
Top 10 Techniques for Encouraging Workplace Innovation
October 27, 2020Innovation in the workplace not only helps companies stay competitive and profitable, but they are also happier workplaces, with...
5 Ways To Accelerate The Pace of Change
August 25, 2022McKinsey and Company, one of the country’s leading management consultancies, reports that up to 70% of systemic change programs fail to...
7 Habits of Highly Effective Kaizen Thinkers
August 11, 2020The practice of Kaizen is not about a particular way of performing business operations or even a specific approach to process improvement....
The Improvement Project Version of 20 Questions
June 3, 2020I'm sure you've all played the game 20 questions. The goal of the traditional parlor game is to uncover an object chosen by one player by...