Visual Workplace Radio: Let The Workplace Speak

Do you mistakenly use the term “visual management” to refer to the full spectrum of visual function in the workplace? If so, you probably also mix up visual scheduling boards with visual displays. The first merely shows the production time table. The second—when properly built—reveals the pain of the supervisor in trying to achieve that time table: the barriers and constraints. The first merely makes the schedule visible. The second shows supervisors how to improve and get control over their corner of the world. The result? Margin—room to change. That is why your host and visual workplace expert, Gwendolyn Galsworth, positions displays as the premier visual tool for supervisors on their way to becoming leaders of improvement. Tune in this week as she walks you through her unique process for creating visual displays—I-driven and capable of addressing production challenges even as work unfolds. Get really good at this and your displays will start talking to each other. Listen