What type of thinking solves dilemmas

What if there are conflicting requirements that ensure that you will be wrong? What if you have to pay an extortionist or suffer the loss of someone? What if you have to make a choice between resources, fairness, payment? What if your choice becomes take it or leave it? What if your choice only has Read More …

Eliminate your Stage Gates in favor of Events

I have been struggling on how, or even if I should use Stage Gates or Control Points in the Lean Service Design methodology. In a recent interview with Ron Mascitelli, president of Technology Perspectives and author of five books, his most-recent publication,Mastering Lean Product Development: A Practical, Event-Driven Process for Maximizing Speed, Profits, and Quality, Read More …

Are you waiting for the end of the rainbow?

Lean Thinking continues to be one of the best resources for understanding “What is Lean”.  Simply because it describes the thought process, the overarching key principles that must guide your actions when applying lean techniques and tools. From the Book description: Womack and Jones recommend that managers and executives embarking on lean transformations think about Read More …

Why is Product Thinking still the Prevalent thought?

Many of us believe that all we need to do is create better, more innovative products, the Apple mystic? The product continues to be the primary focus of business. Can we stay ahead of competition by products alone? Or even with products in general? We have used Lean to make products that are easy to Read More …

Can your Audience be your financier?

TEDx Transmedia 2011 – Liz Rosenthal quotes Oscar Wilde: “An Economist knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.” So who understand value? Liz discusses how your audience can become your funding mechanism. How good is Transmedia Storytelling? If sales and marketing are storytellers, could we measure their success on how much money Read More …