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Meet the Mother of All Processes

Guest post by John M. Bernard, author of the new book, Business at the Speed of Now, and Chairman and Founder of Mass Ingenuity. Imagine going to work in one of Henry Fordā€™s factories a century ago, proud that management referred to you a ā€œhandā€ or a ā€œhammerā€ or maybe even a ā€œwrench.ā€ The labels reflected Fordā€™s emphasis on automation and managementā€™s view of laborers as mere cogs in the machine. Screw this nut onto that bolt; weld this strap…