Author: Bob Petruska

The Lean Handbook

This comprehensive handbook covers all the topics included such as cultural enablers, continuous process improvement, consistent lean enterprise culture, and business results. Written by a team of lean experts with years of experience in the field, it will be helpful to anyone interested in implementing and sustaining a lean initiative. The book is written, by […]

Gemba Walk for Service Excellence

A step-by-step Guide for Identifying Service Delighters guides readers on a journey towards organizational effectiveness that supports a culture of service excellence. It provides a fresh perspective on how to apply Gemba Walks —visiting the areas where the service provider interacts directly with the customer—to identify new service delighters and make a lasting positive impression […]

Inspiration begins within yourself

May is the happiest month of the year for me.  It starts with life everywhere and the weather blossoms.  The cold dark days of winter are replaced with brighter days. My inspirational quote comes from a Brazilian fighter, Anderson Silva who happens to have won multiple world titles in the UFC. “No one will hit […]

Organization Development on the Edge Summary from February 2014

“OD is about holistically improving organization effectiveness.” “Diagnose before Prescribing”, and “Perform Due Diligence by doing the work yourself”. (Renee Hansen). “Executive Sponsorship is an absolute!”  “Work on getting metrics defined up front” (Dr. Rita Smith). “Systems thinking, Systems thinking, Systems thinking”.  Leading by asking Powerful Questions, and creating the ability to lead people in […]