Idiosyncrasy Credits –
This is a theory that was recently introduced to me and hindsight tells me I should have learned and studied this years ago. Basically this concept says that when you belong to something, a family, social circle, team or professional organization you have a clean slate. One author, Bo Twerdowsky describes it as an empty virtual bag and when you do something positive you get a chip added to your bag. Conversely when you do something negative and depending on size of infraction and mood of the group you lose chips. Sounds simple right, do positive things and stay in high regard and do something bad and lose face. The importance of this concept when it comes to implementing lean improvements is you have to have a high balance or credit.
When I arrived I knew better than to make changes just because I was the new guy and had new ideas. But I guess I believe in lean so much that I didn’t see my zero balance of credit and thought what I was doing was so beneficial it didn’t seem like I was making abrupt changes hastily. Fast forward over a year that I’ve been trying to implement lean and I am still no closer than I was on day one. It is actually worse, I feel cast aside and also like everyone is very apprehensive of my actions and intent. Couple this with bureaucratic policies prohibiting change and cohesion and this is the bitter cocktail I have to consume on a daily basis.
I’m not exactly sure where to go and what to do going forward but at least I understand a little clearer what I did wrong and why I have a zero balance. I’m basically bouncing checks every day at work and am also paying the fee for doing so. Two years to go, let’s see what happens.
Ref.
https://realramble.com/what-the-hell-are-idiosyncrasy-credits-and-why-should-you-collect-them/
The Lean Army 