Milk Kanban
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Milk Kanban
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#2> In its original meaning, Kanban represented a visual signal. The thing that communicated, well, something. It might have been a need, option, availability, capacity, request, etc.
> the system is self-explanatory
I've always known of this as an "affordance" - An available & apparent interaction between an object and its user.
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#3I like the trash bag bunches where the last three have a little tag on them that say “you’re running low”. Similar system. Very useful.
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#4Event triggers.
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#5Another thing I really like about Kasia's milk system is that it is a zero-emotional overhead communication. Just take the ticket and put it on her desk, and all will be handled.
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#6In other words, issue tracker todo/doing/done lists have nothing to do with kanban.
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#7I like the trash bag bunches where the last three have a little tag on them that say “you’re running low”. Similar system. Very useful.
Or thermal receipt tape with a stripe of color near the end.
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#8There's a field of study called "mechanism design"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanism_design
...you have to squint a bit, but I've taken it to mean influencing the behavior of unknown or mildly uncooperative participants.
My main example of success was drawing a dotted line with a sharpie about 25% from the bottom of the water filter pitcher in the fridge (back with college roommates).
Basically overnight, the probability of me finding the water pitcher empty in the fridge went from 50% to like 10%.
The visual indicator (with only implied instructions) resulted in positive behavior changes.
Related is "poke-yoke/kaizen" of "mistake proofing, continual improvement, and making problems visible".
Being aware of these fields of study and their techniques can be applied to many areas in work and home.
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#9Another thing I really like about Kasia's milk system is that it is a zero-emotional overhead communication. Just take the ticket and put it on her desk, and all will be handled.
Depends how far away her desk is.