by dveech | May 25, 2021 | coaching, culture, employee engagement, engagement, high speed problem solving, history, leadersights, lean, learning, problem solving, quality, teams
Hi, I’m David Veech and this is Elevate your performance. Let’s talk about Quality Circles; also known as Quality Control Circles or QC Circles. Quality circles are small groups of employees with cross-functional skills who work together on a problem in the workplace...
by dveech | Feb 16, 2021 | Gratitude, history, industrial revolution, leadersights, lean, learning
Today I want to pick up from the last episode, where I talked about the birth and growth of Iron and Steel, railroads, and the oil industry through the early 1800s; evidence of the first industrial revolution in the US.There’s no real date for when the...
by dveech | Feb 3, 2021 | culture, history, industrial revolution, leadersights, lean, productivity
As we’re moving through our American timeline from craft manufacturing to mass production, I’ve rarely studied the period between Eli Whitney’s milling machine and Henry Ford’s assembly line.The 19th century seemed to hide great strides in...
by dveech | Feb 1, 2021 | history, industrial revolution, leadersights, lean
I’m David Veech and this is Elevate Your PerformanceWe’re continuing the conversation about the industrial revolution, bringing us from the craft manufacturing age to the mass manufacturing age.The most significant enabler of mass production is the concept...
by dveech | Jan 29, 2021 | history, industrial revolution, leadersights, lean, learning
I’m David Veech and this is Elevate Your Performance.Last time I offered some thoughts on the craft age. Today, I want to start talking about how we ended up mastering mass manufacturing.As I mentioned last time, shifting population patterns, from rural...
by dveech | Dec 30, 2020 | coaching, corporate culture, employee engagement, goal setting, high speed problem solving, leadership, lean, learning, reflection, self-efficacy
After the new year, I’m planning to get back into the daily video business. I’ve been spending these past couple of weeks focused first on family, then on developing some new ideas.Neither of these are really new ideas, but I’m mustering up...
