Hoshin Kanri is a management system that creates a method of policy deployment in the form of both organizational and employees goals. It is a step by step implementation and review process from a systems approach perspective for change. In the simplest form, top management sets a vision and bottom line employee sets the tactics. Read More …
In preparation for this Dwayne Butcher of the hosting organization, Lean Frontiers wrote this in a recent newsletter: Marketing activities such as developing promotion programs, branding, developing ads and writing copy are seen as creative processes that don’t lend themselves to systematization without losing the ability to think outside the box. Most efforts to improve Read More …
I am honored to be included on the same agenda with noted author, speaker, and lean pioneer Bill Waddell. On April 17th, Bill will be presenting Aligning the Entire Organization to Achieve the Sales Strategy. In most traditionally managed companies Sales and Marketing are treated as an independent entity tasked with increasing sales volume – Read More …
Vivian Hairston Blade, Founder, President & CEO of Experts in Growth Leadership Consulting, LLC (EiGL Consulting, LLC) based in Louisville, KY was my podcast guest. Vivian is a recognized expert, keynote speaker, trainer and executive coach in the principles of Customer Experience, Lean Six Sigma and Leadership Development. With a 20+ year career in Fortune Read More …
I have always remembered and adhere to the statement that Dr. Gwendolyn Galsworth said in a Business901 podcast, If you’re not Visual, you’re not Lean. If you would like to improve your Visual Thinking there is a unique opportunity, a three-way collaboration among LEI, Rhode Island-based VIBCO Vibrators, and instructor Gwen Galsworth. All the details Read More …
Recently, I have been involved in a LinkedIn Thread, When Lean fails, most people draw the wrong conclusion and assume it is Leadership. They blame leadership as being shortsighted. I think this view is not only wrong but it is dead wrong. I based this question on a recent blog post, The Difficulty of Mastery Read More …