The Cascading Effects of Lean in Your Marketing

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Lean Marketing

Upcoming Presentation This breakout session is part of the Lean Leadership Week, which includes the Lean People Development Summit and Lean Accounting/Management Summit hosted by Lean Frontiers in Savannah, GA on October 24th & 25th, 2017. For more information visit: http://www.leanfrontiers.com/leadershipweek/. Title: The Cascading Effects of Lean in Your Marketing Session Continue reading The Cascading Effects of Lean in Your Marketing→

The 5 Big Questions for Lean Marketing

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5 Questions for Marketing

In the book, The Lean Strategy, the authors compare the 5 Key Questions of Michael Porters’ seminal work on strategy to Toyota’s strategy. Michael Porter’s Strategy Model Shaped by 5 Key Questions How do you respond to the bargaining power of customers? How do you increase our bargaining power over suppliers? Continue reading The 5 Big Questions for Lean Marketing→

Let’s make Lean Simple Again

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Lean Enterprise

I was taught Lean is simple: Find a problem, Solve a problem. It really is that simple to get started. Using my interpretation of Lean thinking, we start by: Capture what you are doing (CAP-Do) Create your Standard Practice (SDCA) Take one of those practices improve on it (PDCA) Try something Continue reading Let’s make Lean Simple Again→

The Kaizen Spirit (PDCA) Card

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PDCA or Plan – Do – Check – Act The word “Kaizen,” if you break it down into its two Japanese root words, “kai” means change and “zen” means good. It’s not just about change or an iteration. It’s about making sure change is for the better, and that the change Continue reading The Kaizen Spirit (PDCA) Card→

The WOW (Standard Work) Card

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SDCA Card

Growth Principle: Standards create the WOW therefore Standards have to be at the core of your growth strategy. SDCA or Standard – D0- Check – Act Standards are the most fundamental and misunderstood concept needed for growth. Your core values are the way you go about what you do and how you Continue reading The WOW (Standard Work) Card→