Looking at Throughput thru Capacity Mapping

When you think of mapping in Lean, your first thoughts are steered towards the tool of Value Stream Mapping. When I picked up the book, Strategic Lean Mapping, I had similar thoughts, another book on Value Stream Mapping.  As I thumbed through the pages I found a very different approach. One that included Big Picture Read More …

Lean in Food Processing

Jerry Rosenthal started on his process improvement journey where he entered the world of medical device and worked with such companies like Cardinal Health. Jerry’s expertise is primarily in regulated environments such as food, beverage and pharmaceutical production and packaging. Jerry has been successful at taking principles and tools from manufacturing and applying them to Read More …

The Importance of Selling in a Startup

The new way of thinking about innovation is not limited to a great product/service idea says Blake Masters, co-author of Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future. Related Podcast and Transcription: A Path For Future Innovation An excerpt from the podcast: Joe: One of the things I really liked about Read More …

Applying Reflection to the Lean Sales Process

I have always thought Hansei or Reflection was a key part of Lean thinking. I talk about it as part of introducing CAP-Do in the video below. Slides of the above Presentation    If you have not purchased CAP- Do, it is available for download as a PDF. P.S. Peter Senge calls this process Presencing Read More …

Workforce Engaged in Problem Solving?

In one of my most popular podcasts (Related Podcast and Transcription: A3 Problem Solving) of all time, Tracey Richardson talked about Problem Solving and A3s. However, I have always thought like most things, it is not about the tools and methods, it is about the people. An excerpt from the podcast:   Joe Dager:  How Read More …

The Virtual Individual

Dana Sednek Bowler specializes in eLearning, virtual meetings/collaboration, project management, analytics tools & strategies, and leadership facilitation. She puts these skills to work at Interaction Associates as the online learning manager. Related Podcast and Transcription: Working Online An excerpt from the podcast: Joe:     Take the person who works online, all the time. Let’s say, out Read More …