mblakele
06-13-2010, 04:49 PM
I ran across this article while researching Gillette history. I don't think it has been posted here before.
http://www.amanet.org/training/articles/A-Q-and-A-with-Jim-Kilts-Former-CEO-of-Gillette.aspx
A good illustration is Gillette.... I gave them a simple option. They could either finally get moving on reducing that number, or they could bring me a red magic marker and a computer printout that had the 21,000 items listed on it, and I'd start cutting it down. We made tremendous progress after that; in fact, we got it down in short order to 7,000.
http://www.amanet.org/training/articles/A-Q-and-A-with-Jim-Kilts-Former-CEO-of-Gillette.aspx
A good illustration is Gillette.... I gave them a simple option. They could either finally get moving on reducing that number, or they could bring me a red magic marker and a computer printout that had the 21,000 items listed on it, and I'd start cutting it down. We made tremendous progress after that; in fact, we got it down in short order to 7,000.