Know Where to Draw the Line for Enhanced Personal Productivity: Innovation versus Standardization

One of the most powerful tools we can use to enhance personal productivity is to standardize tasks and processes. This is nothing new, yet it has become part of the much touted Toyota Production System as a way to reduce automobile manufacturing costs. A classic example from hundreds of years ago is the way that railways came up with a standard spacing or distance between the two parallel rails… Continue reading

May 24 2007 | By Tatsuya | Tagged: innovation, Lifehack, process, Productivity, standardization | 7 comments»