Find the Right Customer at the Right time

How do you generate a bunch of prospects that have low risk with a high earning potential. This is what most companies seek and should streamline their organizations to take advantage of these types of orders. It is not about disregarding anyone product/market group even a high risk and a low potential. It is about Read More …

Masters of Design Thinking Presentation

I am a big fan of the two people that put this presentation together. One being former podcast guest, Arne van Oosterom, Partner at DesignThinkers in Amsterdam  and the other, Graham Hill who can be found on his Customer Think blog. They provide an insightful journey through a few of the latest thoughts in Service Read More …

Can Lean be driven by Middle Management?

Paul Yandell:  I speak to middle managers, I was a resident with them. I think most of us have been middle managers and understand those frustrations. I hit on a theme of a guerrilla manager, years and years ago, and I’ve actually given a similar talk to a number of national and local forums. It Read More …

Lean and ROWE, Friend or Foe

David Kasprzak, of the popular blog, My Flexible Pencil was interviewed in the Business901 podcast, Does Lean solve some problems for ROWE?. This is a transcription of the podcast. ROWE stands for  Results-Only Work Environment. It is a revolutionary new way of working that gives employees more responsibility and accountability for their work and the Read More …

Gamestorming for Service Design

As part of the kickoff for the Global Service Jam, Dave Gray was asked to offer some tips on how service designers could use Gamestorming. So he put together a few thoughts in this short video on Blip TV. It covers: Job to be done Customer Journey Service Networks Storyboard Back Stage Value Networks Closed Read More …

Value Chain Thinking, not Rocket Science

However, The majority of businesses struggle to apply it and when they do they often fail. There are some simple tips that senior managers should consider before taking the plunge – don’t try and do it alone (collaboration means sharing the journey – where to go and how to get there), don’t try to do Read More …