Why I Hate Monuments

The monuments mentioned in the title of this podcast are not what most people would think of when they hear the word monument. The monuments in this podcast are not the Lincoln Memorial, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, or other similar commemorative structures. Rather the monuments discussed in this podcast are big, expensive, inflexible pieces of equipment or structures found in a process. The reason to hate, or at the very least strongly dislike these monuments, is they impede one-piece flow, flexibility, and agility. They effectively tie one-hand behind your team’s back when they are attempting to make transformational improvements.