The famous HP video illustrates the major changes that were taking place during the 1980s in the development of manufacturing planning and control systems and is a good example of an early lean game. In fact, the modern MTa...
What started out as a quick project on a Monday morning quickly escalated as we got into the build, and started to enjoy it – just a little bit too much! Here’s how we did it: #1 The Catapult...
Solving problems at work is part of the regular routine for many organisations. With rapidly changing circumstances, increased competition and evolving customer and market requirements, problems are inevitable. Being able to solve them quickly and effectively can be the...
Inject life into leadership development Leadership development activities are probably the most rewarding, but challenging, programmes any learning development professional can run. Get it right, and you can help create the leaders who shape the organisation. But if you...
Lego Serious Play and MTa’s experiential learning kits are excellent partners in creating engaging learning and development activities. But to get the most from them, you really need to understand how they can work together. We already looked at...
If you’ve used Lego Serious Play in training activities, then you know it can be a powerful way for people to express complex ideas in a simple way. But you can only go so far with LSP and if...
Lego Serious Play and MTa’s experiential learning kits work really well together to bring your training to life. We’ve already looked at how you can use both in the same training program to help teams visualise and really experience...
Lean Processing is all about finding out what adds value to your products and services, and which steps in your in processes don’t. Lean Thinking allows you to eliminate waste in materials, time, energy and other resources to help...
The ability to adapt quickly to rapidly changing circumstances has never been as important as during the Coronavirus pandemic. With whole industries suspended, others having to keep up with record levels of demand, and over a billion people worldwide...
“No-one listens to me,” “Nobody ever tells me anything”. These are some of the most common expressions of frustration we come across in life, not least in the workplace. The art of communication is something we need to constantly...
Customer service is about much more than just the interactions an organisation has with its customers; it’s more an ethos that puts the customer first in anything the organisation and its people do. But to do that effectively, everyone...
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