The Pyramids of Giza are impressive. The way I got there? Not so much. Here’s what an antsy horse has taught me about Visual Management — all the way in Egypt, while I was trying not to swallow grains of sand. The saddle matters most A long time ago, I traveled to Egypt to take …
My Giza adventure on an antsy horse: Visual Management lessons learned the hard way Read More »
In our blog posts, we regularly reiterate that happy employees make for happy customers. If you provide people with the right information at the right time, you’ll enable them to make independent decisions. That’s what will make them love their jobs and go the extra mile for customers—who, in turn, will be more satisfied. It’s …
Time for another happy employee: can you find fun and meaning in coding? Read More »
You know those companies where the work floor resembles a glass aquarium, and a manager paces the room keeping a close eye on their staff? It makes the average employee feel very patronized and nervous. If you want your staff to be happy and make independent decisions that benefit your organization, you should empower, trust, …
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We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: employee empowerment is crucial in every work environment. But if you don’t go about it the right way, your strategy will come down like a house of cards. In this blog post, we’ll turn to nature to illustrate our point. How can bee colonies help us …
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Recently I immersed myself in the escape room experience. With a small group of people, I had to find my way out based on hazy clues. The clock was ticking mercilessly, getting the adrenalin flowing. We wasted no time: we joined forces and got to work. After some nifty decoding, interpretation, and combining we pulled …
Empowerment and effective decision-making: lessons from an escape room Read More »
What can a visit to the barber teach us about Visual Management? Here’s what I learned while getting my hair in shape. Using colors to work more efficiently Now that the era of pandemic haircuts seems to be behind us, I decided it was time to pay a visit to the local barber. After I …
Lessons from a barber: embrace a color-based system Read More »
In our last blog post, we discussed the necessity of draining the ocean of data. Only if you distill and share actionable, topical information, you’ll allow your employees to make independent decisions on the work floor. It’s a bit like soccer: you need to get the right information (how to maneuver through the field), go …
Get, go, goal: the right strategy to go from blank screens to blink-of-an-eye overviews Read More »
Knowledge is a tricky concept. Many people spend a lifetime trying to acquire as much knowledge as they can. But in a world where data-driven working is the new norm, most forget that facts don’t mean anything in themselves. If you don’t organize, categorize, and interpret them, you won’t be able to use any of …
Want employees to turn knowledge into wisdom? Get your facts together! Read More »
In the past few years, we’ve often mentioned the importance of ‘real time.’ But why is it key to get information in real time? And what exactly is ‘real time?’ Motherly concerns and playing catch-up When I was a child, my mother always wanted to know where I was. Her motto: ‘Better safe than sorry.’ …
In our last blog post, we wrote that it’s a human-centered world. But that doesn’t mean we don’t focus on the best possible technology. At Texas Digital, top-notch tech is paramount. So, we offer our customers unlimited connectivity: we use various connectors to retrieve relevant data, which we integrate into our dashboard solution. Although your …
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