Comments on: Hoshin Kanri is True North https://6sigma.com/shining-metal-pointing-direction/ Six Sigma Certification and Training Fri, 28 Feb 2025 06:50:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dan Markovitz https://6sigma.com/shining-metal-pointing-direction/#comment-25198 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:45:44 +0000 https://opexlearning.com/resources/?p=1555#comment-25198 Pete, your definition of Vision/Mission/Values reminds me of something Jim Collins wrote before he became famous with “Good To Great” and “Built To Last.” In his book “Beyond Entrepreneurship,” he defined Vision as the “guiding star” for an organization — something that will never be reached, but sets the *direction* that the firm will take. By contrast, the “mission” is the short(er) term goal that the company is trying to achieve (e.g., become #1 in an industry, or invent the best laptop computer, etc.)

]]> By: Jamie Flinchbaugh https://6sigma.com/shining-metal-pointing-direction/#comment-25197 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:58:51 +0000 https://opexlearning.com/resources/?p=1555#comment-25197 Great post.

I have seen companies that use management by objectives still pay attention to the how. Even GE under good ‘ole Jack Welch made it clear that if you got results and practiced the right behaviors, you were in great shape. If you didn’t get results, you clearly were in trouble. But Jack would say the tough decision was someone who DID get results but didn’t exhibit the right behaviors. While tough, those were people GE didn’t want either. But GE was an MBO company.

Is that fair, or perhaps were they really a hoshin kanri-thinking company without using the tool?

Jamie Flinchbaugh
http://www.jamieflinchbaugh.com

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