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Lean Software & Systems Presentation – Business901
Posted by: | CommentsThis was my presentation at the #LSSC12 Conference this year. It was not my typical Lean Sales and Marketing theme. Instead, I demonstrated what I have learned and applied from many of my podcast guests.
A couple of the reactions from my discussion on Twitter:
@imbertti : Joe Dager has surprised everybody with a weird attendee. That’s a funny guy :)#lssc12 http://pic.twitter.com/ARJOCZTG- (In case you missed him in the picture above)
@thomasjeffrey@business901 ‘s first guest at his session for#lssc12 http://pic.twitter.com/9OOsB9p0 @jlindenreed : Have u done a 5 Why from a positive outlook, to see what u do well?@thomasjeffrey: Model people according to value network@business901#lssc12
The Value Network Modeling of Verna Allee, M.A.,Co-founder and CEO of Value Networks LLC intrigued everyone.I also introduced This is Service Design Thinking which I found most people unfamiliar with. I may have failed to deliver on the SDCA, PDCA, EDCA concepts and in particular the message I was trying to send on Standard Work. Not sure that Standard Work should just be left out of introductory Knowledge Work conversations. No matter how strongly I feel about it.
The links below expand on the main concepts of my talk.
Related Information:
What’s New in Business Model Generation?
Where does a Customer Find Value in your Organization?
Mastering Positive Change eBook
The Common Thread of Design Thinking, Service Design and Lean Marketing
When Standard Work and Customer Focus come together
A Service Design Thinking Primer
Individual Lean, the Root Cause of Success?
Posted by: | CommentsCan the principles of Lean be applied to your daily life? Dan Markovitz, founder and owner of TimeBack Management certainly thinks so. He has developed a consultancy specializing in improving individual and organizational performance through the application of lean concepts. Dan has backed up his claim in his latest book, A Factory of One: Applying Lean Principles to Banish Waste and Improve Your Personal Performance. Dan feels Lean can be just as powerful for yourself as it for organizations.
After talking to Dan, I reviewed the 5 basic principles of Lean:
- Identify Value
- Map Value Stream
- Create Flow
- Establish Pull
- Seek Perfection
I certainly found an interesting relation to how I apply them from an organizational standpoint and how I could use them to improve my day. Dan gave a few tips and encouraged me to find the root cause of several of my most nagging problems. I can’t say the choices were easy but I was certainly able to address them and make decisions accordingly. Now, if I can only sustain it!!!
I reviewed the book in this blog post: How do you handle inputs into your life? and there is a written excerpt from the podcast, Can you Lean yourself?.
Related Information:
Jim Benson’s Personal Kanban
Successful Lean teams are iTeams
Kaizen is Always Individual
4 Disciplines of Execution – Lean Simplified
Preview of Presentation at the LSS12 Conference
Posted by: | CommentsThis is a preview of my presentation at the Lean software and Systems Conference in Boston, MA. The Lean Software and Systems Consortium is bringing three premiere events to one centralized location to facilitate the next wave of ideas in methods, process and organization for software & systems engineering development. Boston is the premiere place to be for those innovating in the Lean community.
The Lean Software and Systems Conference emphasizes Lean concepts representing the next wave of ideas in methods, process and organization for software and systems engineering. It brings together an international community of practitioners, consultants, thought leaders and authors to cross-pollinate ideas and foster a sense of community for those promoting better economic and sociological outcomes in their workplace.
Three Events, One Venue – 3-Day Conference, Lean Camp & Lean Tutorials
Lean Software & Systems Conference 2012 (LSSC12) May 13-18, 2012, in Boston, MA
