Misconceptions about Lean

In next week’s Business901 podcast, I have the pleasure of interviewing Natalie Sayer, the owner of I-Emerge, an Arizona-based global consultancy, and co-author of Lean For Dummies. She has traveled the world extensively, working with leaders in English and Spanish, to improve their daily lives and businesses. I asked Natalie, Your book serves an introduction Read More …

Hunter on Management Matters

John Hunter has been writing about management online since 1995. He has shared ideas on management via his blog, Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog, since 2005 and recently as the new author of the Dr. Deming blog hosted by the W.Edwards Deming Institute. In John’s new book, Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability,  he looks at Read More …

Lean, Service Design and Lean Startup

The next crucial level of organizational effectiveness: Lean Service Design. I have the pleasure of introducing Sara Coene (@saracoene) through this guest blog post. Sara is a Lean Service and Process Consultant and co-founder of Storites. She helps companies develop creative ideas and concepts to adapt their processes, business models and services to the desires Read More …

Is Quality Function Deployment still useful

Are Quality Function Deployment, Voice of Customer and Kano Models still relevant? In an upcoming podcast with  Robin Lawton I asked the question: “You talk about two failures in QFD, which is Quality Function Deployment. They’re determining who the customer is and how to define and separate customer desired outcomes from product functions and features. Read More …

Applying Lean to Sales & Marketing

The Business901 Blog is hosting an abridged version ( 7 parts) of our Leans Sales and Marketing online workshop. Each day, the blog post included a brief introduction, short video, workbook page and recommended reading. A complete outline is available at  Lean Sales and Marketing BlogShop Would you like this delivered to your inbox? An Read More …