Bill Boyd, Author at Value Capture, LLC

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15 Sep 21

A Closer Look at the Shingo Principle “Embrace Scientific Thinking”

New Year, Same Pattern The school year is starting once again and my family is falling into familiar patterns established in prior years. For my children, one of these patterns is weekly coaching. This coaching isn’t corrective in nature, but rather it is developmental and not as daunting as it might sound. We meet weekly […]

19 Feb 21

Seek Perfection – A Shingo Guiding Principle for Continuous Improvement

Ice Fishing and Seeking Perfection Recently I was out enjoying a hobby of mine in my home state of Wisconsin. I was ice fishing. A rather miserable activity where we drill holes in frozen lakes seeking fish. The bright spot in that day was enjoying the company of a friend I hadn’t seen in quite […]

15 Jan 21

Learning by Doing – The 3 Systems and the Hands-on Improvement Simulation

I remember the exact moment when I finally connected the dots on the connection of the three primary systems – the work, improvement and management systems. I had read many books on system thinking, lean concepts, leadership, etc., but I was struggling to take concepts and make them reality. In the gemba, with my team, […]

06 Jan 21

The Surprising and Useful Intersection of Kata and Bloom’s Taxonomy

Helping Our Puppy to “Bloom” I remember very well the conversation with my wife…”Let’s get a new dog!” “Dogs are a lot of work, especially puppies…,” like it was yesterday. Personally, I’ve raised one puppy prior, but my wife had no experience in this arena. With cuteness winning over caution, our little “Hazel” came home […]

17 Jun 20

Don’t Let your Knowledge Threshold Hold You Back

“Knowledge Threshold” – The point at which one has no facts or data; the limit of what we currently know. By Bill Boyd, Value Capture Client Advisor June 17, 2020 Recently, I helped my wife build her first vlog (video blog) post. This may not seem like a large accomplishment, but this video is one […]

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A Closer Look at the Shingo Principle “Embrace Scientific Thinking”

Seek Perfection – A Shingo Guiding Principle for Continuous Improvement

Learning by Doing – The 3 Systems and the Hands-on Improvement Simulation

The Surprising and Useful Intersection of Kata and Bloom’s Taxonomy

Don’t Let your Knowledge Threshold Hold You Back

A Closer Look at the Shingo Principle “Embrace Scientific Thinking”

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