Kevin Costner played the change agent Eliott Ness and what better champion to have at your side than Sean Connery.
Remember to bring your lean tools
I'm not implying that you need to get your OE team outfitted with shotguns and "gats". All you probably need to start is some 5 Why's and a fishbone diagram.
Problem: Just having a bunch of lean tools isn't going to achieve lasting change. Culture, culture, culture.....it's all about company culture.
You need to eliminate a culture of fear and create a culture of change.
Do you have a Capone in your organization?
"Everybody knows where the booze is. The problem isn't finding it, the problem is who wants to cross Capone."- Sean Connery
Capone will act like an upstanding citizen of change in leadership meetings but behind the scenes he will try to keep the "status quo".
He will bad mouth Continuous Improvement and tell his team to go through the motions but not to waste their time on it. His opinion is that your just another change agent...your not "Untouchable".
"Those who expect moments of change to be comfortable and free of conflict have not learned their history." - Joan Wallach Scott
