Are you looking at growth strategies from a customer’s viewpoint? This past week I have referred to the concept of Service Dominant Logic several times and how your value proposition can be viewed from the point of use. This type of thinking opens up a new context for innovation and growth. It moves you past Read More …
I am a big Ken Blanchard fan and maybe even a bigger TEDx fan. Ken recently appeared at TEDx tp discuss Collaboration. His talks breaks down into three areas: if you meet someone who wants to accomplish something, and you want to accomplish something, the experience is meant to be dynamic Rely on the different Read More …
In this TedXTalk, Dan Ariely discusses Self Control. It could serve as a Marketing 101 course for Human Psychology. In fact, I think I learned more from this video than I did my actual Psychology course. Before starting, write done next week’s sales and marketing activities. As you listen, jot down any changes you Read More …
Lean is considered by many as a product dominant thinking methodology. Lean was based primarily on the Toyota Production Process, which was an avid follower of Dr. Deming. Lean became more problem/solution orientated and another outgrowth of Dr. Deming, Systems Thinking, moved more to the Peter Senge approach illustrated in The Fifth Discipline. A crude Read More …
Did you know that Dr. Deming was a composer? In a recent podcast, A New Approach to Lean – Robert Fritz, Robert told me: By the way, I think Deming was probably the senior-most wonderful innovator in this area and I’d like to point out that he was a composer. Well, he was and Drucker Read More …
I am honored once again to be part of John Hunter’s Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog Carnival. The roundup is a review of blogs by other bloggers within the Lean community. John is one of the pioneers in using internet technology and using it to improve organizational performance in a way to get results. I Read More …