"A terrific step-by-step blueprint to creating the right products or services by connecting the topics of innovation, process efficiency, and leadership into a unified plan of attack. And without engaging consultants!"
--Hector Ruiz, President and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices.
In First Fire the Consultants! International Bestselling author and computer industry veteran R.J. Pineiro teams up with Robert H. Wilson, Toyota efficiency expert and founder of Industrial Andons, to bring you a unique and exciting play-by-play proven approach to problem solving that any leader in any industry can readily apply. This is the DIY book consultants do not want you to read.
It is divided into three parts:
1.DOING THE RIGHT THINGS. Which focuses on the “What,” the practical application of productive innovation in both the disruptive and sustaining threads.
2.DOING THINGS RIGHT. Which focuses on the “How,” the right approach to efficiency, effectiveness, and the discipline of execution.
3.THE RIGHT LEADERSHIP. Which focuses on the “Who,” the leadership traits required to enable the “What” and the “How.”
The no-nonsense concepts described in their book are quite simple to envision. Their application is straightforward and derived from the authors’ combined six decades of running operations and assisting teams across multiple industries improve their efficiency and effectiveness.
The concepts described herein are universal. The theory as well as the examples will speak to any executive, middle manager, and individual contributor in a direct manner designed to connect this practical methodology to current operations in any industry.
This book, made of just twelve chapters, “our twelve-step program,” reveals a clear, cost-effective, and fun blueprint to unlock and harness the power of the strongest weapon in a company’s arsenal: its employees.
America is addicted to “consulting cocaine.”
It’s time to break the habit, but . . .
FIRST, FIRE THE CONSULTANTS!
