‘Ja, maar’ Mentality Can Hurt Planning
While working this April in Holland, I saw a plant utilizing a marvelous Dutch phrase: “Ja, maar”, which means “Yes, but …” Seeing it first-hand helps me understand a principle of successful planning. Many plants can’t implement successful planning because they assign the planners many worthwhile activities that are not planning. “Yes, planning is supposed to really help us, but we need the planner to do this other thing that really helps us.” Ja, maar.