John Novak Quotes

• A robust internal auditing program shows its presence both at the beginning and end of continual improvement projects. In the beginning, internal audits identify opportunities for improvement, at the end, internal audits provide a mechanism for monitoring the implemented improvement in order to sustain its benefits for the long term.

  John Novak

  Opportunity, Order, Long

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• You want continual improvement? Then I challenge every employee in an organization to discard the status quo and ask themselves everyday, How can I improve my job?, then find a way to make it happen.

  John Novak

  Jobs, Organization, Challenges

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• With Lean Six Sigma, the tools are the easy part, changing organizational culture is the hard part.

  John Novak

  Culture, Tools, Six

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• Restless thoughts are a kind of mental 'static' which must be silenced if we are to hear the whispers of our inner self.

  John Novak

  Self, Kind, Restless

  John Novak (1994). “How to Meditate: A Step-by-step Guide to the Art and Science of Meditation”, p.12, Crystal Clarity Publishers

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• When it comes to continual improvement programs, the biggest mistake is a failure to launch, the biggest hurdle is culture.

  John Novak

  Mistake, Culture, Improvement

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• One of yoga's great gifts to making is the discovery of the link that exists between energy, breath, and mind. As you change one, you also change the other two. If you excite one, the other two become excited and, conversely, if you calm one, the other two respond by becoming calm also.

  John Novak

  Yoga, Discovery, Breathing

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• If you get invited to be part of a team, don't look at it as a burden to get out of, but rather an opportunity to inspire, invigorate, and bring life to the team.

  John Novak

  Team, Opportunity, Inspire

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• Don't let the fear of statistics keep you from launching a continual improvement program. The statistics hurdle is easily overcome, going out of business is not.

  John Novak

  Overcoming, Going Out, Statistics

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