Tim Autrey's Posts on Practicing Perfection®
Two Stones, a Couple of Holes, and a Stick
Aug 12th
While writing our latest Special Report, “Viral Accountability™: When ‘Good Enough’ is NOT an Option,” I began to discuss how at live presentations, I’ve had participants come up to me afterward and say something like, “You know, there really isn’t anything new here, but the way you’ve put it all together…now I get it!”
It struck me that thousands of years ago there were plenty of rocks and sticks lying around. We know from artifacts that ancient peoples knew how to bore holes in things. Then one day someone came along and put these pieces together.
He took two round stones, bored holes in them, rammed a stick through the holes in each one, and…changed the world. It would come to be called…the wheel. Yes- all the pieces had been lying around. It was the way they were put together that changed EVERYTHING.
This is exactly what Viral Accountability™ is- pieces put together in an entirely new way.
For those of us who embrace it, it’s the end of the world as we’ve known it- the beginning of a new generation of human error reduction, safety enhancment, and performance improvement.
The Special Report is available for your FREE download here.
Enjoy.
Until next time,
-Tim
It’s not my job
Jul 30th
I was traveling to Toronto this afternoon.
The direct flight from Bradley to Pearson International on the de Havilland Dash 8 (yes…it’s small) drops you off at the satellite terminal, requiring you to take a shuttle bus to the main terminal.
During my trip on that shuttle this afternoon we were rounding a rather ‘blind’ turn, with chain link fencing on one side and concrete barriers on the other, and came upon a large ladder lying in the middle of the roadway.
Our bus driver scooted past it without [apparently] giving it much thought. There was a van behind us. He didn’t stop either. Two pickup trucks passed us going in the opposite direction, each swerving slightly to avoid the ladder. Nobody stopped to get the ladder out of the road. Apparently, it wasn’t their job.
It looked like quite a safety hazard to me. I was thinking (to myself of course), “SOMEBODY needs to stop and get the FREAKIN’ ladder out of the road!” But at the moment, I was apparently the only one.
So whose job is it to eliminate safety hazards anyway?
Whose job is it to identify and get rid of traps, and waste, and latent organizational weaknesses (what I like to call ’landmines’)?
It’s yours. It’s mine. It’s ours.
It’s evening now as I write this. I hope it was SOMEBODY’S job to get that ladder out of the road before it got completely dark!
For freedom from error,
Tim
The Future of Human Performance: Viral Accountability
Jul 28th
Today’s video introduces the future of human error reduction, safety improvement, and lean / six sigma breakthrough success. It’s forum will be HU-2.0. It’s essence, the “crux of the biscuit” if you will, is…Viral Accountability™
Having watched the video, I hope you now have a feel for where things are headed in the world of human performance, safety in the workplace, and performance improvement initiatives (such as lean).
What should you do now?
First, grab a copy of Leandro Herrero’s book, Viral Change
Second, download the Code of Honor Exercise Guide by clicking here.
Third, if you want to know more about Viral Accountability™, reserve your copy here: Viral Accountability™: When ‘Good Enough’ is NOT an Option.
Fourth, TAKE ACTION. In this HU-2.0 intro video series, you’ve been given some incredibly powerful insights and tools that you can put to use immediately. But the greatest knowledge and most powerful tools are useless if not put to use.
As performance improvement and safety professionals, we have a wonderful opportunity to [literally] make the world a better and safer place.
Let me know your thoughts, questions, and comments using the COMMENTS Section below.
For freedom from error,
-Tim
P.S. Be watching your email and this blog for info on the official release of HU-2.0.
P.P.S If you’d like a page with links to this entire HU-2.0 Intro Series (including links for all of the downloads), click here.
