Submitted by Pam Volner.
Hello Gang,
Last week it was my pleasure to be nominated as the official photographer for the production office's weekly team building games. This particular week's game was a cotton ball drop. Each person applied Vaseline to the end of their nose, then proceeded to a bowl containing cotton balls where they dove face first trying to collect as many cotton balls as possible on the sticky Vaseline. The next step was to run to the opposite end of the room and deposit the cotton balls into a different bowl. Object of the game, team with the most cotton balls deposited in the bowl in 2 minutes wins.
As I watched each team take their turn, I began noticing the different thinking processes each team displayed. The First team started out with one person taking their turn and then the next person would go when that person was done and so on. There was a pause between each team member (waiting waste). While the first team was performing their task, you could tell the second team was already thinking of what they could do to speed up the process to pick up more cotton balls. The first team planned and executed, but lacked the benefit gained by subsequent teams who had the advantage of observation. They could see the waste in the current team's process and could adjust their plan to eliminate that waste. By the time the 3rd team was up it was like a BLUUUR! Through observation and the power of PDCA thinking, they figured out how to improve efficiency which helped them win the game.
Not only was I entertained, but inspired seeing these principles executed in a quick real life example. Imagine what we can see and improve if we all perform some Ohno Circles in all areas of Paramount.
Your partner in observing and improving,
Pam
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