How do you Value Learning?

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 …

Deming Blog Writer interview published as eBook

Recently, I had a a podcast, Dr. Deming on Lean in 2012, with John Hunter. author of the new Deming Blog sanctioned by the Deming Institute. In addition, John has a very popular blog of his own, the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. This is a transcription of our podcast. About the Deming Blog: John Read More …

Lean Homebuilding = Better Product, Greater Return

These two guys, Scott Sedam is President of TrueNorth Development and Todd Hallett, AIA, President of TK Design & Associates, Inc. might rub the Lean purist out there the wrong way. If the truth be known, I do all the time. I think this is why I liked doing this podcast. So much, that it Read More …

Lean Implementation: Use the Language of Industry

“Until these guys actually did it hands-on, it just didn’t register with them.” – Scott Sedam Scott Sedam is President of TrueNorth Development and Todd Hallett, AIA, President of TK Design & Associates, Inc. are my guest this week on the Business901 podcast. These guys are at the forefront of Lean in the Homebuilding sector. Read More …

An Exercise in Value

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 …

Custom Magnetic Dry Erase Comic Strip

Do you need a customizable comic strip that lets you create your own comics using magnetic characters? It’s a great start for a service design project and creating a customer experience. It’s part of a Kickstarter project by Erik Heumiller. There are loads of options on the website from $1 to $300. The Magnet Comic Read More …