Keys to Building a Lean Agile Software Enterprise

Dean Leffingwell is a consultant, entrepreneur, software executive and technical author who provides product strategy, business advisory services and enterprise-level agility coaching to large software enterprises. Related Podcast and Transcription: Leffingwell on the Lean Agile Train An excerpt from the podcast: Joe:  What are the keys to building a Lean-Agile software enterprise? Dean:  Working towards Read More …

Standard Work building Flexibility as Brittleness is Found

Many organizations start practicing the tools of Lean and fail to understand that it is the people side that makes Lean effective. I have seen where organizations will develop the skill set of Value Stream Mapping, A3 Problem Solving or even Hoshin Planning. But spend little time developing a Lean attitude around the most basic Read More …

Building Habit Forming Products

Nir Eyal distilled years of research, consulting and practical experience to write Hooked: A Guide to Building Habit-Forming Products. He founded and sold two technology companies and taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. His writing appears in the HBR, The Atlantic, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today. An excerpt Read More …

Building Positive Engagements

David Shaked of Almond-Insight  has just finished his book, Strength-Based Lean Six Sigma  Using various strength-based approaches such as Appreciative Inquiry, David has created a radically different way to approach Lean Six Sigma. He calls this method Strength-Based Lean Six Sigma. Transcription and PDF Download Transcription and PDF Download Related Podcast: Building Positive and Engaging Read More …

Building Positive Business Improvement

David Shaked of Almond-Insight  has just finished his book, Strength-Based Lean Six Sigma: Building Positive and Engaging Business Improvement. Using various strength-based approaches such as Appreciative Inquiry, David has created a radically different way to approach Lean Six Sigma. He calls this method Strength-Based Lean Six Sigma. David is a Master Black Belt formerly with Read More …