Thinking of Lean as Your Business Model

Art Byrne has been implementing Lean strategy in various U.S.-based manufacturing and service companies, such as Danaher Corporation, for more than 30 years, including The Wiremold Company, which he ran for 11 years. He now serves as Operating Partner at the private equity firm J. W. Childs Associates L.P. In a podcast (Lean as a Read More …

Does Lean apply to Sales?

In discussing Lean Strategies for Small Business, I asked Ankit Patel about how Lean applied to sales. An Excerpt from the Podcast: Joe:  That’s interesting that you mentioned sales. I talk about it in the marketing perspective and how Lean applies. How do you tie Lean principles to sales? Ankit:  Well, we use the simpler Read More …

Throttling Work in Process

Personal Kanban notable Jim Benson of Modus Cooperandi  in a recent podcast explained how he views constraints. Related Podcast and Transcription: Drowning in Work Joe:   Well, you have a matrix in the book where you talk about constraints and some of them bad and good. Can constraints be like your throttle for your work? Jim: Read More …

Business901 Podcast of 2014

Yesterday’s post, Top 10 Business901 Podcasts of 2014, was somewhat misleading. I only listed Adam Zak, one time, even though his interview was separated into 2 podcasts. The truth is that both podcast rated in the top 4 and one of them was clearly ahead of all others in viewership. Related Podcast #1: Secrets on Read More …

Top 10 Business901 Podcasts of 2014

I had a great group of guests this year and had a lot of fun doing and reviewing over 50 podcasts that were recorded this year. This is a summary of the top 10 Business901 podcasts of the year. From this group, the top podcast of the year will be chosen. Drowning in Work? Jim Read More …

Go See How The Job Is Getting Done

I asked Ken Rolfes a few questions about Lean 3P in a podcast, Rolfes on Lean, and we ended up discussing the Customer’s Job to be Done.  Ken can be found at KDR Associates. An Excerpt from the Podcast: Joe Dager: Clayton Christensen used the words “jobs to done”. You got to look at what Read More …