{"id":9544,"date":"2011-12-07T05:35:56","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T11:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=9544"},"modified":"2014-10-10T07:09:46","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T12:09:46","slug":"why-context-is-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/why-context-is-important\/9544\/","title":{"rendered":"Context is Important in Visual Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><a title=\"context is important in visual management\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/same-process-different-context\/1845\/\">Signs and symbols without context has no meaning<\/a>. Context is needed in visual management.<\/p>\n\n<p>Context matters. But, rarely do we consciously think of it; in fact, we almost always assume without really realizing that the subject of which we are talking about is really relative to other parts of the story. We take it for granted.<\/p>\n<p>For example, take the picture below, which says: &#8220;Do you have any\u00a0suspicious\u00a0moles?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9545 aligncenter\" title=\"moles-cancer-symptoms\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/moles-cancer-symptoms.jpg\" alt=\"skin cancer moles\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/moles-cancer-symptoms.jpg 640w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/moles-cancer-symptoms-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/moles-cancer-symptoms-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Without context, the sign doesn&#8217;t mean much. But, when the sign above is coupled with the image below of a primary physician&#8217;s office or a hospital room, then it takes on a different meaning:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9546 aligncenter\" title=\"child-hospital-room\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/child-hospital-room.jpg\" alt=\"child hospital room, skin cancer moles\" width=\"251\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/child-hospital-room.jpg 359w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/child-hospital-room-300x284.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Putting the two together, the sign inquires of the person reading it to consider any strange looking moles and to have those moles checked by a physician for any signs or symptoms of skin cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Do you see what just happened? The sign by itself &#8211; without context &#8211; could be understood as strange, funny, and even weird. BUT, the sign coupled with the context of a physician&#8217;s office all of a sudden takes on some meaning.<\/p>\n<p>What else in your life is like that? In the world of process improvement, can you think of situations where, by itself and without context, a tool such as <a title=\"kanban implementation\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/kanban-family-job-chart\/1577\/\">Kanban<\/a>, <a title=\"what is a process map?\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/process-cycle-efficiency-pce\/330\/\">Process Map<\/a>, or something else doesn&#8217;t have meaning unless there&#8217;s context attached to it?<\/p>\n<p>What do you think?<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Signs and symbols without context has no meaning. Context is needed in visual management. Context matters. But, rarely do we consciously think of it; in fact, we almost always assume without really realizing that the subject of which we are talking about is really relative to other parts of the story. 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