Count the number of 'F's in the following text:
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FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE-
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF-
IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE
EXPERIENCE OF YEARS
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Old habits are hard to break.
Did you come up with 3 "F"s ? I did when I first tried this little test.
If you answered 3 like most people, then you made the same simple mistake the rest of us did.
Why? Because your brain has been trained to interpret words a specific way.
Train your brain to solve problems in an alternative way. Lean Thinking!!
By teaching your brain to see things from a different perspective you will quickly uncover issues that have been plaguing your company for years.
Once you realize that mass production, batch processing, silos, inventory, over production and work in process are wasteful items, you will have your "A-Ha" moment. This is called seeing with "lean eyes".
ANSWER:
There are 6 "F's" in the sentence.
How certain were you that there were 3? Do you have the same certainty about your company's processes? Maybe it's time for some alternative thinking.
