Part one of a nine-part series on the 2009 book The High-Velocity Edge by Steven Spear. 

This episode demonstrates how complex systems fail through the story of Mrs. Grant and the four capabilities to overcome such failures.

The High-Velocity Edge on Small Batches

• ☕️ Part One: Introduction  (👈🏻 you are here)
• ☕️ Part Two: The Four Capabilities at Alcoa
• ☕️ Part Three: The Four Capabilities in the nuclear reactor program
• ☕️ Part Four: Kanban & Jidoka
• ☕️ Part Five: Systems Thinking
• ☕️ Part Six: System Design & Operation
• ☕️ Part Seven: Problem-Solving
• ☕️ Part Eight: Knowledge Sharing
• ☕️ Part Nine: Reflections
• ☕️ Part Ten: Interview with Dr. Steven Spear

Links

• 📘 The High-Velocity Edge
• Creating High-Velocity Organizations (talk)
• Discovering Your Way to Greatness: How Finding and Fixing Faults is the Path to Perfection (talk)
• The Pursuit of Perfection: Dominant Architectures and Dynamics (podcast)