To be effective, your goals should be: 1. discussed Frequently 2. Ambitious in scope 3. measured by Specific metrics and milestones 4. Transparent within your organization In short, make sure they're FAST, not SMART #Management Simple Rules Of Life

The point of leadership is not to accumulate followers. It's to make a group more than the sum of its parts. Selfish leaders divide people for personal gain. Servant leaders unite people for collective purpose. #ThursdayThoughts

A simple question to help you focus on the highest value tasks: “What is the work that keeps working for you after you’ve completed it?”

Don't listen to people because you agree with their answers. Listen because you respect the intellectual integrity they bring to their questions. You learn more from people who challenge your thought process than from those who affirm your conclusions. #SaturdayThoughts

Here are the new fall books to read on behavioral science, leadership and life. They teach us how to change habits, have productive arguments, decide who to trust, play the long game, predict the future, promote equality, and fight distractions. linkedin.com/pulse/new-fall…

A really insightful and well written piece on the true legacy of #lean helping us to learn our way to the future

Assumptions that are good to operate by even if they aren’t always true: -The competition is smarter and better funded than you. -Without a great product, nothing else matters. -Projects will take 50% longer than expected. -10 minutes early is 5 minutes late. What else?

3 Ways to Identify Wastes and Going Lean at Your Workplace linkedin.com/pulse/3-major-…

The way to attract good luck is to be reliable in a valuable area. The more you repeatedly deliver value, the more people seek you out for that value. Your reputation is a magnet. Once you become known for something, relevant opportunities come to you with no extra work.

GREAT SPEECHES I spent over a year searching for insightful speeches that are not widely known. Then, I created transcripts for each. As far as I know, this is the only spot on the web where you can find them all in one place. What would you add? jamesclear.com/great-speeches

Six Sigma | Define Phase | مرحلة التعريف: الخطوات والأدوات والمخرجات youtu.be/c32DXn2Xv68 via YouTube

A surprisingly useful question: What if you set your current plans aside for a moment and just tried the simplest option?

Most failures are one-time costs. Most regrets are recurring costs. The pain of inaction stings longer than the pain of incorrect action.

التحسين المستمر والتحسين الاختراقي - Kaizen vs. Kaikaku تايتشي أونو - مؤسس نظام تويوتا الإنتاجي - في كتابة "إدارة الجمبا" بيقول كلام مفاده: إنه لازم يحصل تغيير في طريقة تفكيرنا ومعتقداتنا من أول الإدارة العليا لحد العمال، وإلا هنبقي تحت خطورة إننا فقط نك…lnkd.in/gMJfD5H

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝? They say read a lot of books, quit most of them, and read the great ones twice. Some of these books kept collecting dust on my bookshelf for years. I always procrastinate reading…lnkd.in/eEc5SzHi