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American Factory – Documentary of a Chinese Automotive Factory in the USA

Christoph Roser — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 11:00:40 +0000

A good manufacturing documentary on Netflix is American Factory. This movie follows an American automotive plant that closed some time ago, and was reopened by a Chinese car glass manufacturer. It documents the differences and problems between employees and management in general and the cultural clashes between Chinese management’s and American workers’ expectations in particular. ... Read more

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Fictional Movie on US-Japan Automotive Culture Clash – Gung Ho

Christoph Roser — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 11:00:46 +0000

Recently I watched a few feature-length movies about automotive plants America. The first one is Gung Ho, a fictional comedy from 1986 featuring Michael Keaton. The movie shows a Japanese car maker purchasing a closed-down plant in the USA, and lots of cultural clashes that threaten to close down the plant again. While not Academy ... Read more

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Creative Provocation, Reverse Brainstorming, and Analogy

Christoph Roser — Tue, 22 May 2018 11:00:48 +0000

After showing you the details of a few basic creativity techniques, I now get to my most favorite one: creative provocation! It is a bit more advanced, but I had huge successes with this one. It is part of a group of techniques that alter the initial question to foster more creativity. I will also ... Read more

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Fishbone Diagrams and Mind Maps

Christoph Roser — Tue, 15 May 2018 11:00:09 +0000

A lot of lean problem solving requires creativity. There are many creativity techniques available to help generate ideas for problem solving. In my last post I presented brainstorming, which is a freewheeling creativity technique. In this post I will show you some creativity techniques that have a more structured approach. These include mind maps and ... Read more

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Leading with Confidence

Christoph Roser — Tue, 01 May 2018 11:00:02 +0000

A lot about leadership is confidence. Yet confidence does not always come naturally, but has to be worked on. In fact, a leader that is always confident is scary to me. Let me give you my thoughts on confidence in leadership. Having Confidence in Yourself In leadership, confidence is important. You need confidence in ... Read more

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JR: Training within Industry – Job Relations

Christoph Roser — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 11:00:23 +0000

Job Relations (JR) is one of the modules of the original Training within Industry (TWI) program. It was actually developed at Harvard using case studies, and for its time was groundbreaking in its idea that leadership can be learned! Like most TWI modules, it is sensible and useful. As with most TWI programs, it is ... Read more

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Training within Industry – TWI – Oldies but Goldies

Christoph Roser — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 11:00:08 +0000

Training within Industry – or TWI for short – was a US program during World War II. It significantly improved industrial production and helped the Allies to win the war. While the ideas date to the 1940s, they are still very relevant. In my view, they are pure gold if you have to manage a ... Read more

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Heroes, Firefighting, and Corporate Culture

Christoph Roser — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 11:00:47 +0000

Heroes save the day. Heroes turn around the disaster and rescue the puppy from the burning building. Heroes are admired, and everybody wants to be one. Everybody wants a hero when they need one. But what about the people who prevent the need of a hero? What about the people that make sure the disaster ... Read more

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