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 …
Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) has its origins in Lev Vygotsky’s pioneering work in the 1920s. More recently, education scholars have used CHAT to study learning behavior through the creation of activity systems analysis. When we view sales and marketing or even Lean as a knowledge building exercise this thought process brings an alternative way Read More …
In the Lean Design we use a process that is called Lean 3P. One of the most contentious part of 3P is this idea of looking to nature, to try to find solutions to the problems you’re trying to solve. We begin by looking at all the value?adding steps. Then for each of those value?adding Read More …
In my mailbox several weeks ago from the website Academia.edu, I came across an article, How Instructional Designers Solve Workplace Problems, co-authored by Dr. Lisa Yamagata-Lynch. An abstract on the article: The findings revealed differences between experts and novices with regards to tolerance of ambiguity, expectations about their own roles in finding solutions for their Read More …
Ken Rolfes of KDR Associates was my guest on the Business901 podcast, A Lean Practitioner. In the podcast, I asked Ken what he enjoyed most about his work and he replied: Basically, what I enjoy the most is really getting the people energized in companies when they see the possibilities of what they can do Read More …
In our Sales and Marketing efforts we typically try to systemize the process so that we can become effective and efficient in our efforts. We build sales and marketing funnels to accomplish this. In Design, we create customer journey maps and service blueprints to improve the customer experience. Both types of efforts though well intended, Read More …