Jim (“Cope”) Coplien was my guest on the Business901 podcast. We discussed his new book,Lean Architecture: for Agile Software Development but I found Cope’s view on Lean and Agile quite interesting. His knowledge of the subject goes far beyond the software practices that he writes about. Whether you are in IT or not, I think Read More …
Francois Gossieaux, co-author of The Hyper-Social Organization: Eclipse Your Competition by Leveraging Social Media was stopped in the hallway for this quick interview and discussed customer service as being the only true differentiator left, unless your Apple! Francois happens to be an upcoming guest on the Business901 Podcast. The book is an enjoyable read and Read More …
In what ways can Sales and Marketing impede lean thinking? I saw that question on LinkedIn and just had to join the conversation. My thoughts: 1st Answer: We should applaud Sales and Marketing in most organizations for the fact that they remained a silo. Most organizations create internal control points within the organization and call Read More …
This is a transcription of a Business901 podcast, The Nuts and Bolts of A3 Thinking that I had with Dan Matthews. Dan is the author of The A3 Workbook: Unlock Your Problem-Solving Mind Nuts and Bolts of A3 Thinking eBook Dan is skilled as a trainer, coach and implementer of Lean Manufacturing, having trained Read More …
Sales and Marketing not only needs to improve but must improve their problem solving skills. The book, Marketing with A3 is the introduction needed. It enables sales and marketing to use the Lean tool of A3 as a template or structured approach for their strategies and tactics. It will also demonstrate meaningful and measurable results Read More …
Certainly in these days of information overload and web analytics we have more information than ever before to make our decisions with. I believe that this data is extremely important and needed to manage your company and your marketing. This data along with most financial data is all past tense. It tells a little of Read More …