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Culture drives everything, espe...</title><content type='html'>No surprise here.  Culture drives everything, especially improvement efforts.  One weakness in many efforts I&amp;#39;ve seen is the dependence on a strong personality to drive the effort - once the personality is gone, the effort wanes.  If we can find a way to create the culture such that improvement drives itself, in my opinion we have a much higher chance for sustainment.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5865768815327716731/6913925975601947296/comments/default/3225183671628476600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5865768815327716731/6913925975601947296/comments/default/3225183671628476600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leaninsider.productivitypress.com/2010/05/is-this-really-surprise.html?showComment=1274908049782#c3225183671628476600' title=''/><author><name>Dean Bliss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18034549658270609406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://leaninsider.productivitypress.com/2010/05/is-this-really-surprise.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5865768815327716731.post-6913925975601947296' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5865768815327716731/posts/default/6913925975601947296' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1354378216'/></entry></feed>
