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Robert BairdPresident
+1 215 353 0696
Creating a Creative Culture
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“We cannot solve our problems
with the same thinking we
used when we created them” - Albert Einstein
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“Put everybody in the company to work to accomplish the
transformation. The transformation is
everybody's job” – W. Edwards Deming
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“The Toyota style is not to create results by working hard. It is a system that says there is no
limit to people’s creativity. People
don’t go to Toyota to work they go there to
think” - Taiichi Ohno
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“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking” - Henry Ford
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The Forefathers of up to 65 years ago have
identified what needs to be done but
we continue to ignore?
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Transformational Leadership
Caring Mentor
Communicator Humility
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Organization Structure for Creativity
Leadership Team
Self-directed Team
Self-directed Team
Self-directed Team
Process Experts
Everyone AbleTo Contribute
Knowledge Share
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Preventative Culture
Acknowledge Prevention
Reward Prevention
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Knowledge Sharing
Expert Structure
Succession Plan for Knowledge
Internal Social Network
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Stolen Idea Program
Re-learning
Stolen Idea Source – Outside Company A
Stolen Idea – Mentors assigned during employee orientation
Idea Category – Knowledge Sharing
Visu
ally
Man
aged
Submitted by - Carol
Adopted
Contact Us
• Lean Teams USA Lean Consulting
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