Masters on Zero to One

The book, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, presents a new way of thinking about innovation: it starts by learning to ask the questions that lead you to find value in unexpected places. From the book: The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Read More …

How Well are You Connecting?

In Kanban, we talk about how important it is to manage our work in process. In fact Jim Benson’s latest book is on that topic, Why Limit WIP: We are Drowning in Work (MemeMachine Series) (Volume 2). I have always thought that it was just as important for Sales People to manage their Work in Read More …

How Important Are Your Role Players

David Veech is the founding member of the Institute for Lean Systems and serves as its Executive Director. In this Podcast/Transcription: The Fun Side of Standard Work, I asked him about role players. Joe: So you are saying that when you are building the team, you really do have to identify maybe even the roles Read More …