What Lean 3P should take from Biomimicry

In a recent blog post, Lean 3P Design more Humanistic by Going Back to Nature, I discussed the Lean 3P idea of looking to nature, to try to find solutions to the problems you’re trying to solve. In a Design Thinking Network thread, Limits of Organic Architecture, I was introduced to the principles of Biomimicry. Read More …

Manage your Project with a Single Page

In a past Business901 Podcast, One Page Project Manager Podcast, with Mick Campbell co-founder and Managing Partner of OPPM International, we discussed the most recent book in the series, The New One-Page Project Manager: Communicate and Manage Any Project With A Single Sheet of Paper. The One-Page Project Manager sets a new standard as an Read More …

Patterns of Behavior affect Projects

In an earlier Business901 podcast, Lesson Learned in Project Management, Mel Bost and I discussed his thinking around Project Closeouts. There was a portion of the podcast that I edited that I thought stood on its own merit. It was a section on Patterns of Behavior. I think you will find this short edition will Read More …

A Broadening Perspective of Strength Based Principles

I have always viewed Lean as a knowledge building exercise versus one of a problem solving method. I believe that is what has attracted to me via Appreciative Inquiry to the Strength-Based approach. It was what I was doing with better definition. I could be wrong in this statement, but I find European "Lean" more Read More …

Lesson Learned in Project Management

Are you good at closing out a project? By that time most of are so happy to see it completed that the drudgery of going back to point fingers and establish blame is the last thing we want to do. However, the greater value, even more so than the actual project, often times, is the Read More …

Lean Scale Up Infographic

Some believe The Death of Innovation, the End of Growth is here. Others believe it is a race against technology, The Key to Growth? Race with the Machines. I believe growth is not easy. However, why not simplify the process and use an established methodology, a way of thinking to your business. Don’t leave a Read More …