My original gateway to Lean came from the systems thinking perspective developed by Peter Senge in The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization and Kaplan and Norton’s, The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action. In between Lean and Systems Thinking, I spent some time with Six Sigma because Jack Welch and Read More …
A few days ago, Joel Standwood posed this question on the Lean Edge. Why has the Lean movement largely failed to capture the imagination of the sales team? The Lean Edge is where invited Lean Experts are posed a question and respond with advice about it. I am thrilled to see Lean Sales and Marketing Read More …
In Lean, understanding current state (reality) is a key to improvement. Our existing aspirations and values form this current condition. Are dynamic urges (targets) are how we form are future state. Robert Fritz and his book The Path of Least Resistance for Managers outlines an excellent approach for practicing PDCA both at the micro and Read More …
Lean Sales and Marketing Virtual Workshop Would you like to simplify your marketing? Would you like to remove the constraints in your marketing? Are you willing to quit thinking like Wanamaker (50/50) and start thinking like Pareto(80/20)? Do you still look at Social Media as a time waster? “Joe is an excellent coach, He is Read More …
Purposes, Processes and People are my Lean 3Ps when I am considering, designing or creating a value proposition. First of all, the typical Lean 3P Process can actually be viewed as a Lean Program Management system and is a great way to institute change within a program. However, let me put the Lean Marketing spin Read More …
Deming always instructed us that if we improved quality, productivity increased. The economist’s definition of productivity is Productivity = Output / Input If quality is poor, then the output will be less to the extent that bad-quality items exist. The bad-quality items are still around and must be scrapped or reworked. The cost of this Read More …