Brandon Brown: Toyota Kata (Part 1 of 2)

Brandon Brown delivers tangible and sustainable continuous improvement results as a Toyota Kata Coach and Lean Instructor/Facilitator as an Associate for the W3 Group. Since 2006, Brandon has been a Professor of Operations Management at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville teaching courses in the Industrial Engineering department such as Lean Production and Leadership Principles and Practices for Read More …

Outlining the Value Model Mapping Process

Part of The Lean Minute Collection on YouTube In the Business901 podcast, Linda Richardson discussed her new book, Changing the Sales Conversation: Connect, Collaborate, and Close. She touched upon one area that intrigued me a great deal, the Value Model. In the value mode, she discusses the importance of understanding and planning to address the Read More …

The Sales Professional Stack

This is a collection of Podcast Transcriptions, called Stacks (see below) through my Issuu channel: The Sales Professional Stack I organized this stack around the concept of the “Sales” trying to leave out personal development, social media and marketing unless it had a direct bearing on “Sales”. I ended up with 29 publication in the Read More …

Training within Industry & Kata Stack

I will be adding a collection of Podcast Transcriptions through my Issuu channel called Stacks. Stacks are a new way to organize your own publications, as well as any other publications that you find interesting. For your own publications, after you are done publishing them, Stacks are an easy way for readers to discover all Read More …

An A3 Retrospective

Lean Thinking is often developed through a structured approach using a tool such as an A3. It is one of the best ways, I believe in developing a problem-solving culture through practice. The easiest way to start is to purchase Jamie Flinchbaugh’s Kindle book, A3 Problem Solving: Applying Lean Thinking . It does an excellent Read More …

The Role of Job Instruction (TWI) in Developing Leaders

Joe:  The most popular of all TWI programs is Job Instructions. I think you take a little different bend on it rather than just thinking of it for the worker. You talk about how it plays a role of developing leaders, can you expand on that? Related Podcast and Transcription: Using The 7 Kata Conrad Soltero: Read More …