May 10 2016
Lilian Gilbreth, Mother of Modern Management | Harish Jose | LinkedIn Pulse
Lilian Gilbreth: “Household tasks were divided between the children. We had three rows of hooks, one marked “Jobs to be done,” one marked “Jobs being done” and a third marked” Jobs completed” with tags which were moved from hook to hook to indicate the progress of the task. ” (1930 Speech to National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, New York)
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May 17 2016
5S at Google?
In How Google Works, on p. 38, executives Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg wrote:
So the company whose mission is “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful” has no use for 5S in its offices. The explanation they give is that Google employees are “smart creatives” who do their best work in a messy environment, like Pablo Picasso in his studio. But I can think of another reason: the information that matters to the googlers’ work is the stuff behind their screens, not on their desks. It’s in Google’s data centers, and they work on it with Google’s software.
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By Michel Baudin • Management • 7 • Tags: 5S, Google, Intel, Mr. Clean