Few people will discuss their failures and I compliment David Adams (@commanderadams) for being so open during his upcoming podcast when I ask him about his failures and successes on developing a community. The podcast will not post next week but the following week of October 15th. However, I want to share the information about Read More …
Lean as your Business Model Art Byrne has been implementing Lean strategy in various U.S.-based manufacturing and service companies, such as Danaher Corporation, for more than 30 years, including The Wiremold Company, which he ran for 11 years. He now serves as Operating Partner at the private equity firm J. W. Childs Associates L.P. Art Read More …
When people talk to me about demand, I get lost. Most of the time they focus on macroeconomics, governments, market identification, etc. But my struggle is that I have never seen a tax cut, training, better data, better methods create demand, just customers. Is that too simplistic? Many times we venture off in the world Read More …
The new book, The Outstanding Organization was discussed in a recent Business901 podcast, Achieving Organizational Health with author Karen Martin. Below is a transcription of the podcast. Karen Martin (http://ksmartin.com) provides Lean transformation and business performance improvement support to industry, government, and the not-for-profit sector. Karen’s broad understanding of operations design and business management stems Read More …
@KarenMartinOpEx, Karen Martin, author of The Outstanding Organization: Generate Business Results by Eliminating Chaos and Building the Foundation for Everyday Excellence, is my podcast guest next week and this is an excerpt from the podcast. Joe: You bring up my next question and lead into it perfectly. Planning seems to be so taboo. Even the Read More …
#ServiceDesign Specialist @sly or more formally Sylvain Cottong has worked extensively at these crossroads and as an early Internet evangelist, he has been advising governments & companies on strategies for the networked society. He lives & works in Luxembourg and Berlin. An excerpt of the podcast can be read at An Economist who practices Service Read More …