I believe in an iterative or Agile type of a process in sales and marketing. I think that the typical marketing funnel (Kill the Sales and Marketing Funnel) that sets the framework and deliverables at the start of a cycle is outdated. The primary reason is that it assumes that sales and marketing is a Read More …
Lean technology has now evolved from the manufacturing floor to the whole enterprise. Many companies have found real value in applying the fundamental concepts of Lean throughout the organization. The lean concepts of Kaizen, PDCA and the tools such as Pareto Charts, 5 Why’s and even Poka Yoke are commonplace. As a result of discussing Read More …
Rarely, do I find researching a topic so easy as I did in researching Dr. Juran and the Juran Institute for my recent podcast, Business Improvement thru Quality, the Juran Way, with Juran Institute CEO Joe DeFeo. The research started by reaching over to my bookcase and reviewing the Quality Control Handbook, 3rd edition by Read More …
I had the pleasure of discussing the mission and expertise of the Juran Institute, Inc. with their CEO, Joe DeFeo. The Institute provides research and pragmatic solutions to enable organizations from any industry to learn the tools and techniques for managing quality and performance excellence. As a result of this discussion, I think you will Read More …
In this video, Alan Shalloway of Net Objectives describes the process of mapping a value stream to a Kanban board and why both are important in improving business-driven software development. Alan does a nice job in the video simplifying the process of Value Stream Mapping for non-Lean organizations. He also converts the map to a Read More …
David Skok, a five time serial entrepreneur turned VC, at Matrix Partners presented this at a HubSpot Webinar last week together with Mike Volpe, the VP of Marketing at HubSpot.This video is 60 minutes long and well worth the time. A little promotional for Hubspot but in my opinion Hubspot is a quality product and Read More …