Creativity and the needs for standardization


	Creativity and the needs for standardization

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c8e49e80-821d-44e1-a6c3-2dcd0cf8da98/96CAF112-A9C8-4D10-88E7-03DDBB36558E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://theleanthinker.com/2009/07/02/creativity-vs-opportunity-for-error/" href="http://theleanthinker.com/2009/07/02/creativity-vs-opportunity-for-error/" style="font-size: 11px;">theleanthinker.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theleanthinker.com/2009/07/02/creativity-vs-opportunity-for-error/">
<P> “standardizing” is simply setting down what we believe is our best shot at 
what should work. Once reality sets in, there are nearly always things nobody 
thought of – opportunities to learn. Capturing those moments is impossible if 
there is no consistent baseline in the first place.</p> <P>And, just for the sake of argument, let’s say that the process, as designed, 
works pretty well. The question must then be asked: “Are we able to provide our 
customers exactly what they need, exactly when they needed it, on demand, 
one-by-one, perfect quality, in a perfectly safe environment?” If the answer to 
that question even includes a hesitation, then it there is work to be done.</p> <P>Respect your people. Simplify the things that should be simple. Let them 
focus their creativity on something that matters, not on how to get through the 
way without screwing up.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/96CAF112-A9C8-4D10-88E7-03DDBB36558E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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