Mixing Personal Kanban and Cross-Generational Collaboration

In next weeks ASQ Charlotte Section Annual Conference 2013, Quality Conference of the Carolinas, one of the facilitators in our Strength-Based Organizational Change track is Barbara Ivey.  She will facilitate the breakouts on Personal Kanban and Cross-Generational Collaboration. Personal Kanban is a process popularized by the book, Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life co-authored Read More …

Tales of Continuous Improvment

Beyond Agile co-author Maritza van den Heuvel was my guest on the podcast, .Should your Processes be cast in Stone.  Below is a transcription of the podcast. Beyond Agile examines 10 companies, mostly in the tech world, but also in innovative automotive and business consulting, that have actively evolved their processes. Using tools from Lean, Read More …

Should your Processes be cast in Stone

Beyond Agile: Tales of Continuous Improvement is the latest publication of Modus Cooperandi. Co-author Maritza van den Heuvel is my guest on the podcast. Beyond Agile examines 10 companies, mostly in the tech world, but also in innovative automotive and business consulting, that have actively evolved their processes. Using tools from Lean, Agile and other Read More …

Life does not stand still Work does not stand still

Why should our processes be cast in stone? Beyond Agile co-author Maritza van den Heuvel is my guest next week on the Business901 podcast. She is the author of the Becoming an Agile Family blog where she writes about the ways her family uses Personal Kanban to navigate work and life. You can also find Read More …

Project and Change Management Simplified

“When employees resist change, it isn’t because they’re stupid. It’s because they’re smart,” says Bob Lewis. Bob is the president of IT Catalysts and author of Bare Bones Project Management: What you can’t not do and Bare Bones Change Management: What you shouldn’t not do. With titles like this, how could you not buy these Read More …