I attended an outstanding conference (#LSSC12), The Lean Software & Systems Conference 2012 held in Boston, MA. In addition to the conference there was 2 days of tutorials, Lean Camp (Open Space), Interactive Cooking, Living Room, Lightning Talks, and Lean Coffee. It was an excellent agenda and well-hosted by the Lean-Kanban University. Every attendee that Read More …
If games are so engaging, why can’t work be that way? Great examples of how this is happening in Gabe Zichermann, CEO of Gamification.co and Dopamine, keynote at TNW2012 conference this year. Gabe is an author, highly rated public speaker and entrepreneur whose book, Gamification by Design: Implementing Game Mechanics in Web and Mobile Apps Read More …
Ready, Set, Design is a favorite group activities, for adults and kids alike, at Cooper-Hewitt. It’s a highly adaptable design challenge that can jump-start collaborative and creative thinking in any group. They use it with kids’ groups at the Museum, for internal staff meetings, and even at industry conferences and summits. The activity is such Read More …
In a recent blog post, Looking for a Game Changer, Start Underperforming!, I discussed the book Uncommon Service. Next weeks Business901 podcast guest co-author Anne Morriss discusses the four universal truths outlined in the book for delivering uncommon service: You can’t be good at everything. Someone has to pay for it. It’s not your employees’ Read More …
I had the pleasure of interviewing one of the noted experts in the Lean Community, Dan Jones. This is a transcription of our podcast, The Future of Lean with Dan Jones. We spent a fair amount of time discussing Lean outside the four walls of the enterprise and how Lean interacts with the customer. Daniel Read More …
This 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. Lean Software & Systems Conference – Business901 Presentation A couple of the reactions from my discussion on Twitter: @imbertti : Read More …