Lean Product Development Stack

This is a collection of Podcast Transcriptions, called Stacks (see below) through my Issuu channel: Lean Product Development Lean product development (LPD) is lean approach to meet the challenges of product development notably: Need for more innovative solutions Long development cycle times Many redevelopment cycles High development costs Long production cycle times High production costs Read More …

Am I asking too much from a respected Lean Company?

Goods Dominant Thinking still resides in this Lean Manufacturer  I have addressed many Lean Manufacturers through the years about applying Lean to Sales and Marketing, and the truth is that it has been a dismal journey to say the least. The areas of software and services mixed with Lean Startup and Agile principles seem to Read More …

How to Discover Opportunity

There is always an opportunity. However, there is not a step by step method. Innovators, Start-Ups, and even Scaling Businesses look for that formula and try to think of an effective and efficient way to go about it. The problem that exists is that most opportunities are not created they are discovered. You have to Read More …

Service Design Stack – 40 Publications

This is a collection of Podcast Transcriptions, called Stacks (see below) through my Issuu channel: Service Design Thinking According to Professor Birgit Mager, who runs the Cologne-based Service Design Network, “Service design addresses the functionality and form of services from the perspective of clients. It aims to ensure that service interfaces are useful, usable, and desirable from the Read More …

Need to be Good at the Job You Manage?

Joe: When I think of coaching, I kind of think of someone that has done that job before, that he knows how to do the job. And I see that in a lot of different areas and so forth. Do we need to make the investment in time and personnel to be able to do Read More …

Lean Service Design Webinar on Sept 23rd

The folks over at SimpliLearn have invited me to put on a webinar on Lean Service Design. I am very excited about the opportunity as this will be an accumulation of the past 2-years of experience I have gained since first introducing Lean Service Design in my eBook and accompanying program. I think you will Read More …