1. mentorist.app

    This applies to your organization but also to the problems you face. If the same problem keeps occurring because of a flaw in your system, then your system needs to be re-evaluated before anything can change. Upstream efforts target the root cause of a problem to drive it out entirely.
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  3. To make the results tangible, imagine a high school class with 40 students. In 1998, 17 of those students would have been drunk in the last 30 days; in 2018, only 3 had been. Before, 9 students would have smoked every day; after, only 2. Before, 7 would have tried cannabis; after, only 1. The plummeting lines in the graph below tell the story:
  4. shortform.com

    Apr 29, 2023(Shortform note: Gathering a team to take upstream action is likely to benefit from different forms of diversity: variation in their professional skills or expertise as well as cognitive diversity. Cognitive diversity represents the different perspectives and ways of processing information that people have, and business research shows that more ...
  5. leaneast.com

    This is a summary of the 2020 Dan Heath book, Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen.Dan and his brother Chip have previously written several bestsellers we have summarized, Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard and Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work. Upstream covers a key Lean continuous Improvement topic: problem solving to root cause.
  6. aplusala.org

    He adds, "What's odd about upstream work is that, despite the enormous stake, it's often optional" (p. 41). One of the main reasons upstream efforts don't occur is because the people don't believe they have the legitimacy to get involved or that they will be held accountable for failing to take upstream action. (p. 43).
  7. vaughanbroderick.com

    This weeks newsletter is inspired by and attributed to the book, Upstream - How to Solve Problems Before They Happen, by Dan Heath. And my own experiences designing services in business and the public sector. Today, you'll takeaway: 3 common themes of downstream thinking. 3 mindset barriers to upstream thinking. 7 tactics to move upstream.
  8. admiredleadership.com

    Action is necessary for real change, but it can take a while for that action to produce results. It takes "conviction" and "stubbornness" to sustain upstream efforts. Upstream victories are won an "inch at a time, and then a yard, and then a mile, and eventually you find yourself at the finish line: systems change" (pp. 234-235).
  9. goodreads.com

    New York Times bestselling author Dan Heath asks what happens when we take our thinking upstream and try to prevent problems before they happen. We all have a tendency to work around problems. We are resourceful. We improvise. We're so accustomed to managing emergencies as they strike that we often don't stop to think about how we could prevent crises before they happen.
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