Comments on: Long-Term Sinking http://oldleandude.com/2015/06/30/long-term-sinking/ A Blog About Understanding TPS and Gaining Its Full Benefits, brought to you by "The Toast Guy" Tue, 22 Sep 2015 14:53:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Putting The Pieces Together | Old Lean Dude http://oldleandude.com/2015/06/30/long-term-sinking/#comment-8626 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 20:19:54 +0000 http://oldleandude.com/?p=1737#comment-8626 […] Recently, the Lean discussion has turned to the top manager’s role in Lean transformation, declaring lack of management commitment to be the “elephant in the room” the most important prerequisite for sustainable improvement. While I’m inclined to agree with this hypothesis, Harvard Business Review has declared that the optimal tenure for a CEO is only 4.8 years – a short time for continuity of leadership. Perhaps the next elephant in the room for lean thinkers will be boards of directors, whose average tenures are twice that of the CEO — better for long-term thinking. […]

]]> By: Mark Graban http://oldleandude.com/2015/06/30/long-term-sinking/#comment-8529 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 17:04:43 +0000 http://oldleandude.com/?p=1737#comment-8529 And the Northwestern story being debunked: http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/story/myth-busted/

]]> By: Mark Graban http://oldleandude.com/2015/06/30/long-term-sinking/#comment-8528 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 17:02:44 +0000 http://oldleandude.com/?p=1737#comment-8528 Great post. It’s interesting to see how much an organization will just patch the facade each year instead of fixing that foundation. There we go again, short term vs. long term thinking. It’s tough for people to choose the long term.

I wonder if that library is subject to the urban legend at many universities, including my alma mater, Northwestern, that says the library was built without considering the weight of books, so therefore it’s sinking. The Northwestern library was built on “lakefill” – or land created on the edge of Lake Michigan – not garbage.

http://www.snopes.com/college/halls/sinking.asp

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