Getting the Right Things Done by Pascal Dennis

Getting the Right Things Done by Pascal Dennis

For companies to be competitive, leaders must engage people at all levels in order to focus their energy and enable them to apply lean principles to everything they do. Strategy deployment, called hoshin kanri by Toyota, has proven to be the most effective process for meeting this ongoing challenge. In his new book Getting the Right Things Done, author and LEI faculty member Pascal Dennis outlines the nuts and bolts of strategy deployment, answering two tough questions that ultimately can make or break a company's lean transformation: * What kind of planning system is required to inspire meaningful company-wide continuous improvement? * How might we change existing mental models that do not support a culture of continuous improvement? Getting the Right Things Done demonstrates how strategy deployment can help leaders harness the full power of Lean. Organization leaders at all levels and the management teams who are responsible for strategy deployment will find this book especially insightful. It tells the story of a fictional (yet very real) midsized company, Atlas Industries that needs to dramatically improve to compete with emerging rivals and meet new customer demands. Getting the Right Things Done chronicles the journey of the company and its President/COO, an experienced lean leader who was hired five years ago to steer Atlas in the right direction. While Atlas had already applied some basic lean principles, it had not really connected the people and business processes so that the company could dramatically improve. Atlas' challenge: Something was missing: a way of focusing and aligning the efforts of good people, and a delivery system, something that would direct the tools to the right places. Enter strategy deployment. The book is designed to provide readers with a framework for understanding the key components of strategy deployment: agreeing on the company's True North, working within the PDCA cycle, getting conse

Pascal Dennis, P.Eng, M.Eng, is a professional engineer, author, and the president of Lean Pathways, a global consulting firm. Pascal honed his abilities on the Toyota assembly line in North America and Japan, as well as with big worldwide corporations. Pascal has helped breakthrough improvement in healthcare, software development, financial services, construction, and the consumer goods and process industries, winning four Shingo Awards for Excellence. His practice focuses on strategic planning and execution, executive mentoring, and the development of intellectual capital.

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ISBN 13	9780976315261
ISBN 10	0976315262
Title	Getting the Right Things Done
Author	Pascal Dennis
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Lean Enterprise Institute,US
Year published	2007-01-01
Number of pages	232
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