Finding, Refining & Assessing Your Focus

We have all heard sayings like this before, “Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.” —Edward de Bono. Problem identification is the first and most important part of solving a problem. In research, before starting a project, it is important to do much of the same thing. Read More …

Culture is Something You Do

Where does great culture come from? How do you build and sustain it in your group, or strengthen a culture that needs fixing? Culture is not something you are—it’s something you do. The Culture Code puts the power in your hands. No matter the size of your group or your goal, this book can teach you the principles Read More …

Is Research the Best Way to Create Opportunity?

In recent years innovation has led the way. There have been great strides made in how to bring products to market and in innovation itself. However, even with these great strides, there has not been a significant improvement in success rates, at least from what I have seen published. In my experience working with startups and even Read More …

2018 Kata Summit – KataCon4

The fourth annual Kata Summit on February 22-23 is the opportunity for you to connect and learn with the rapidly growing world of Improvement Kata and Coaching Kata practitioners. There’s a great lineup of speakers, exercises, and deep-dive sessions, including Mike Rother.The host of the summit is Lean Frontiers and you can find out more at http://katasummit.com/. The Read More …

Are We to Outcome-Based in Our Thinking?

How much does luck play into it? Your thoughts on LinkedIn:  http://bit.ly/2w63oxK One of the things that I think Kata-type thinking promotes is the ability to make small bets (PDCA) along the journey towards the target condition. I use this in my sales and marketing approach as I believe marketing is little more than an Read More …