Process Improvement Gifts

"We only got up to three 'whys' and a 'what the hell'."

'I think I found the bottleneck, Boss.'

"That's the last time I'll co-operate with an efficiency expert."

Man tries to place form into a suggestion box which is out of reach.

"Looks like we found the issue."

Oscar would laugh whenever he recalled his empty existence before golf.

Team Experiences Cabinet: Productivity, Fun, Goal Setting!

Failure/Due Diligence

"Has anyone else noticed that the efficiency experts seem a little robotic?"

'Right about here I added a drip coffee maker, with high caffeine premium blend coffee, to the employee break room.'

"We're developing a plan to fix this."

Three work boxes: 'IN...LIMBO...OUT': 'I think I've found your bottleneck.'

"It's a 670 page questionnaire on how to cut back on unnecessary bureaucracy!"

Hourglass Dumptruck

We're looking at better ways to share our knowledge & expertise. But I'm not going to tell you what they are.'

"Or should it be scrum or kanban???"

Suggestion box, one for suggestions and one for 'clean' suggestions.

The chip - Loyal worker, tireless teacher, friend

"And this is the traditional alternative."

'Do you think we can afford better toilets?'...

"We've agreed we need more workplace kindness. Let's move on to enforcement."

"Is there anything ELSE we can do to improve the workstations?"

Workplace bullying.

'Looking for a job with better conditions?'

Don't be afraid of criticism. Openly ask for feedback so you can improve service.

"For our market research, each package needs to be individually marked off and put over there."

Since his black belt certification in Process Improvement, Henry's presentations had become unbearable.

'The buck gets lost here'.

'Who wants to help me improve morale?'

"That's not our logo. That's the company's flowchart."

"What's in the pipeline? Everything's stuck in the pipeline!"

Community Complaints Redress Mechanisms Bureaucracy

"We're allowed to hang-up artificial windows now to make our cubicles feel more like home."

"There must be an easier way!"

Flow Chart.