Job Preservation / Obfuscation?

[JBurton]

Is kaizen the word you're thinking of?

I know this one, at least for the execs who are not receptive to change; seppuku or harakiri

 

[Boudica]

I've heard of Kaizen... I learned about at some seminar thing I was sent to at my past job. The seminar was "learning to communicate with tact and finesse". It was meant to be part of some management training, but I always wondered if sending me to that was a hint - I was the only one who had to go.

 

[JBurton]

tact and finesse

Ahh, the art of b*tching without coming off like a b*tch...

 

[Gino]

I think you're using the wrong pronouns with that one.

 

[victor bogdanov]

I've worked with a KPO (Kaizen Promotion Officer) from a large organization for some workflow signage and it was VERY hard for me to get the KPO to IMPROVE his 100 pixel x 100 pixel jpeg images embedded in MS Word to make 4ft x 8 ft signs.

working with that huge company was eye opening in how everyone sticks to their exact role and how every small task has a specific "officer" assigned to it, no one dares do anything outside of their role

 

[Boudica]

I've worked with a KPO (Kaizen Promotion Officer) from a large organization for some workflow signage and it was VERY hard for me to get the KPO to IMPROVE his 100 pixel x 100 pixel jpeg images embedded in MS Word to make 4ft x 8 ft signs.

working with that huge company was eye opening in how everyone sticks to their exact role and how every small task has a specific "officer" assigned to it, no one dares do anything outside of their role

Wow, that KPO must not have been very good at their job. Doesn't sound much like change for the better or continuous improvement

 

[victor bogdanov]

Wow, that KPO must not have been very good at their job. Doesn't sound much like change for the better or continuous improvement

Those signs that he worked on for over a month should've taken a day to knock out. I got the impression that he was trying to stay busy. There is only so much you can improve in a company that's been in business for a hundred years, the KPO position seems like a gamble, might or might not pay off and I guess that's why only the huge companies have this dedicated position as they can absorb some loss if the position doesn't make enough process improvement to pay for itself

 

[GAC05]

Those signs that he worked on for over a month should've taken a day to knock out. I got the impression that he was trying to stay busy. There is only so much you can improve in a company that's been in business for a hundred years, the KPO position seems like a gamble, might or might not pay off and I guess that's why only the huge companies have this dedicated position as they can absorb some loss if the position doesn't make enough process improvement to pay for itself

This sounds suspiciously like being in the Army.

 

[Stacey K]

Is kaizen the word you're thinking of?
And you're absolutely right - thanks for this perspective! This whole place is built on preservation. We're not going to preserve our future if we don't think forward and begin to modernize our processes.

Yes! That's the word!