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Ownership Thinking: How to End Entitlement and Create a Culture of Accountability, Purpose, and Profit
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Ownership Thinking: How to End Entitlement and Create a Culture of Accountability, Purpose, and Profit

by Brad Hams
September 2011
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
4h 14m
English
McGraw-Hill
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RIPs in Action: Mercedes Medical

One of the most exciting and innovative examples I’ve seen of RIP design, implementation, and financial improvement comes from Mercedes Medical, a medical products distributor in Florida. I generally suggest one or two RIPs per quarter; however, the employees at Mercedes identified RIPs as the core of practicing Ownership Thinking in their organization and have approached it in a very disciplined yet fun and interactive fashion. During the first year of practicing Ownership Thinking, the employees completed nearly 20 RIPs. And they had a blast doing it. Every quarter, the employees have a meeting to review the results of RIPs that have recently been completed and to introduce new ones for the upcoming quarter. ...

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