Mike Osterling, the President and Principal Consultant at Osterling Consulting was my guest on the Business901 podcast, Why A3, Why Now in Lean Thinking?. This is a transcription of the podcast. Why A3, Why Now in Lean Thinking Osterling Consulting was founded for the purpose of supporting organizations on their continuous improvement journey. Building upon Read More …
The sales and marketing structure has drastically changed. The typical structure still used by many is when competition was not as great and technology was not the force that it is today. Most of the time sales and marketing sold solutions without every defining the customers problem. The typical sales forecast was derived on increasing Read More …
The Cynefin framework draws on research into complex adaptive systems theory, cognitive science, anthropology and narrative patterns, as well as evolutionary psychology. It explores the relationship between man, experience and context and proposes new approaches to communication, decision-making, policy-making and knowledge management in complex social environments – From Wikpedia Mark Schenk from Anecdote uses Pecha Read More …
Came across this skit by comedians John Clarke and Bryan Dawe. The conversation is not far removed from meetings that I have participated in. It reminded me of the need for us to have a structured approach to problem solving. Many organizations lack a systematic and common method of problem solving. There is no magic Read More …
This is a transcription of a Business901 podcast, The Nuts and Bolts of A3 Thinking that I had with Dan Matthews. Dan is the author of The A3 Workbook: Unlock Your Problem-Solving Mind Nuts and Bolts of A3 Thinking eBook Dan is skilled as a trainer, coach and implementer of Lean Manufacturing, having trained Read More …
Sales and Marketing not only needs to improve but must improve their problem solving skills. The book, Marketing with A3 is the introduction needed. It enables sales and marketing to use the Lean tool of A3 as a template or structured approach for their strategies and tactics. It will also demonstrate meaningful and measurable results Read More …