I received this TED video tip from @ayushjjw of http://www.tenmarks.com. Tom Wujec presents some surprisingly deep research into the “marshmallow problem” — a simple team-building exercise that involves dry spaghetti, one yard of tape and a marshmallow. Who can build the tallest tower with these ingredients? And why does a surprising group always beat the Read More …
The old adage of Lean was that everything that we did we referenced to Toyota. I have always wondered why since so much of Lean was actually American; Ford, Deming, etc. Due to their success Toyota certainly popularized Lean, mostly in the manufacturing area but as Lean has proliferated to other areas it has been Read More …
Kiss Metrics founder is participating in the Start-up Lessons Learned Conference Friday, April 23, 2010 from 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM (PST) San Francisco, CA. The goal for this event is to give practitioners and students of the lean startup methodology the opportunity to hear insights from leaders in embracing and deploying the core principles Read More …
Recently I had Chris Hefley, President and Co-Founder Bandit Software on a special edition of the Business901 Podcast. This is a transcription of the Podcast. The Bandit Software team will be sponsoring a booth at the upcoming Lean Software and Systems Conference in Atlanta, April 21-23. (http://atlanta2010.leanssc.org/) Kanban Lessons from a Software Developer Bandit Software Read More …
Last year, I was introduced and read a book by Steve Blank called, The Four Steps to the Epiphany. It has served me well and there are five questions from it that I constantly use and have found it to be a great help in determining my own core values – from MY CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE Read More …
Recently I had Chris Hefley, President and Co-Founder Bandit Software on a special edition of the Business901 Podcast. Bandit Software is the maker of an electronic Kanban tools for Lean Software and Systems development teams called Lean Kit Kanban. This conversation starts with a discussion of where Kanban stands today in the software community and Read More …