
A Consortium of Problem Solvers Podcast of Len Bertain's Audio Books
This is a continuous flow of episodes consisting of Len reading chapters (or parts of) to provide a source of information for interested followers. Each book is a series of 10 to 18 episodes. You can scan up from the first reading of the podcast from his book with George Sibbald, "The Tribal Knowledge Paradigm". Then he will read from his book Tribal Knowledge Innovation - Terms, Phrases and Concepts" which is an overview of the various terms and such that he uses in his problem solving sessions that have his spin. The third book is the "Tribal Knowledge Paradox" which is a story of a worker is laid off when a manufacturing company that he works for closes its doors and he joins another company that goes thru Len's problem solving program with Len personified by the great Dr. Elbie.
Episodes
96 episodes
Episode 95 - Conclusion - How to Win the War on Waste in 90 Days - Audio Book
SUMMARY (The 90 Day Schedule)How to win the War on Waste in 90 days? Having read the book, you can now ask me again: “How can I win the War on Waste in 90 Days?”First of all, you sign up wit...
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Episode 94 - Chapter 11 - How to Win the War on Waste in 90 Days - Audio Book
The 7 things listed below are items that you need to do to make the War on Waste work successfully.Begin the 6 Steps of the War on Waste! Of course, that is what this whole process is about. Start it up...
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Episode 93 - Chapter 10 - How to Win the War on Waste in 90 Days - Audio Book
10. FAQs Have you ever done a company like ours?This is one of the most interesting questions that I get asked. The answer is pretty easy. Probably not or if I did one like y...
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Episode 92 - Chapter 9 - How to Win the War on Waste in 90 Days - Audio Book
9. The TKC The War on Waste creates the ideas and a process to get ideas into play. But it still requires a formal process to get new ideas into the system. Once the War on Waste is completed, the company ...
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Episode 91 - Chapter 8 - How to Win the War on Waste in 90 Days - Audio Book
8. Strategy This is not a chapter to compete with other treatises on strategy. There are a number of great tomes on the subject. This chapter is merely to place it in context within the War on Waste. &n...
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Episode 90 - Chapter 7 - How to Win the War on Waste in 90 Days - Audio Book
7. Tools of the WarOver the years, we used tools of the trade in unique ways. We borrowed tools from friends. And we made up our own tools. Some of these are worth noting. 120/20 Rule of P...
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Episode 89 - Chapter 6 - How to Win the War on Waste in 90 Days - Audio Book
6. Value-adding There are a number of ways to define this term. We define it simply as “what customers are willing to pay for.” In any business, everyone needs to understand why the business exists and how it...
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Episode 88 - Chapter 5 - How to Win the War on Waste in 90 Days - Audio Book
5. Using the Mission StatementWe made an observation early on. It wasn’t a life changing experience but it was part of many of our conversations. We noted that the Mission Statement is rarel...
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Episode 87 - Chapter 4 - Part 2 - How to Win the War on Waste in 90 Days - Audio Book
No Excuses The No Blame motto was developed to encourage employees to come up with ideas. It serves as their protection from the Black Knights that fight change in the organization. But there is a downsid...
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Episode 86 - Chapter 4 - Part 1 - How to Win the War on Waste in 90 Days - Audio Book
4. No BlameThe War on Waste (waste is anything in the company that keeps money from being made) begins with an idea. It doesn’t matter the size of the company, if you want to find out what’s wrong with the company, list...
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Episode 85 - Chapter 3 - How to Win the War on Waste in 90 Days - Audio Book
3. The War on WasteThe War on Waste consists of the 6 steps noted in the previous chapter. We would like to expand on them a little bit here.If the program is a company initiative, the CEO or top E...
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Episode 84 - Chapter 2 - How to Win the War on Waste in 90 Days - Audio Book
2. How I Got StartedThe story began twenty-nine years ago, as I stood in front of a group of employees who had been forced to attend a class I had been contracted to deliver. It was a training program that introduced a...
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Episode 83 - Chapter 1 - How to Win the War on Waste in 90 Days - Audio Book
1. What is Waste? In the Toyota Production System, Taiichi Ohno, its developer, identified 7 major wastes:· Waste of over production (largest waste) – making too much of a product and not b...
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Episode 82 - Introduction - How to Win the War on Waste in 90 Days
I told a client about the title of this book and he laughed. “Len,” he said, “I grant you, we got the processes under control and we made a lot of money as a result of your efforts in less than 90 days. But it is an ongoing effort.&...
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Episode 81 - War on Waste Paradox - Conclusion - Audio Book
I love delivering the War on Waste over the years. We have recently migrated the program to the Internet and call it High ROI Problem Solving. There seemed to be some problem with people and the term "War on Waste." And ...
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Episode 80 - The War on Waste Paradox - Chapter 19 - Part 2 - Audio Book
As I have delivered the War on Waste for 25 years, I have watched CEOs become shocked as their employees dissected their companies with laser precision as they developed and presented proposals to management. Many CEOs were flabbergasted ...
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Episode 78 - The War on Waste Paradox - Chapter 18 - Part 2 - Audio Book
At the end of the War on Waste, Mr. Grimes will have completed the first phase of the process that is required to create an innovation culture that we call the “Quantum Leap Company.” The War on Waste is Phase 0. It gets the company...
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Episode 77 - The War on Waste Paradox - Chapter 18 - Part 1 - Audio Book
In a political war, treason is a capital offense punishable by death. A similar rule applies to the War on Waste. In a recent engagement, one of the CEOs who really understood what the War on Waste was about, stood up on the last day of c...
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Episode 76 - The War on Waste Initiative - Chapter 17 - Part 4 - Audio Book
A number of different types of initiatives have been sponsored by different CEOs. For instance, Ray Dolby of Dolby Laboratories has a culture that flourishes on the energy created by the company’s fixation on audio sound system perfection...
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Episode 75 - The War on Waste Paradox - Chapter 17 - Part 3 - Audio Book
This is what a War on Waste does and the energy is seen in the discussion with Chris in this chapter. It adds energy to a company. In the story of Quality Pump, at this point in the process, lots of Energy is going into the company ...
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Episode 74 - The War on Waste Paradox - Chapter 17 - Part 2 - Audio Book
A brief comment here on the role that Energy plays in our business model. Energy is one of the most important concepts to explain what happens during the War on Waste or any such business initiative. We use the term “energy” to desc...
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Episode 73 - The War on Waste Paradox - Chapter 17 - Part 1 - Audio Book
In this chapter, we find Chris is freaking out because his turf is being encroached upon. He is obviously protecting his special Tribal Knowledge and is resentful that any one would think that he could do anything wrong. As Jim poin...
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Episode 72 - The War on Waste Paradox - Chapter 16 - Part 4 - Audio Book
Step 5: Define the Energy Initiative Plan for the Company. As noted under Energy Initiative, the key to a sustained corporate energy level is implementing a program to ensure on-going infusion of energy into the company. These ener...
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Episode 71 - The War on Waste Paradox - Chapter 16 - Part 3 - Audio Book
Step 4: Manage Change. The CEO must agree that he or she will be in charge of change management within the company. It is not the job of a Change Agent—the CEO manages the Change Agent, not the other way around. The CEO must ...
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