Lean Sales and Marketing Book Overview

Part of The Lean Minute Collection on YouTube This is a quick overview of a few of the books both old and new that have been written on applying continuous improvement (Lean and Six Sigma) in Sales and Marketing. CAP-Do (More Info): What makes CAP-Do so attractive is that it assumes we do not have Read More …

Systems Thinking Stack – 16 Publications

This is a collection of Business901 Podcast Transcriptions, called Stacks (see below) through my Issuu channel: Systems Thinking I organized this stack on Systems Thinking and it includes interviews on Dr. Deming, Peter Scholtes and Brian Joiner. I ended up with 16 publications in the stack at the time of this publication. Stacks are a new Read More …

Can Private Side learn from Public Side

Related Podcast and Transcription: Systems Thinking in Public Services Joe:  You deal so much in the public area, in the public service area, and we’re always thinking of what the public side can learn from the private side. What can the private side learn from the public side? Benjamin Taylor:  Wow, that’s a great question. Well, Read More …

The AntlerBoy’s Version of Standards

I challenged this weeks, Business901 podcast guest, Benjamin Taylor of RedQuadrant, to a discussion about standards. Joe: I’ve always professed that standards are what creates the wow in an organization. Because someone knows exactly how far they can go, their limitations, limitations of the company. They know when to step out of the box and Read More …

The 3 Legs of an Agile Business Practice

An Agile Business must have three pillars to stand on Process Agility, Technical Agility, and Personal Agility, says Patrick Waara of ResponseAgility. Patrick was the first and only Software Design for Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt in Xerox Corporation before launching ResponseAgility. He is also a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, certified ScrumMaster, Read More …