Managing Customer Value
I have always enjoyed the process of creating a storyboard and felt that they should be included early and during the process versus just as a summary at the end of a summary. If you observe the way people read or listen to things you realize that there aren’t many of us with a linear Read More …
How do you identify your prospects? Many organization have a tendency to provide the solution without really spending time identifying the specific market that their solution fits. That is one of the ideas that have made Eric Reis’s Lean Startup movement so strong. He calls it the Pivot. Which in very basic terms: Creating a Read More …
If you want to survive, what do you need to do? Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why by Laurence Gonzales officially distilled these observations down 12 points the seemed to stand out concerning how survivors think and behave in the clutch of mortal danger. Some of the same steps for staying out of Read More …
Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) will manage global print operations at Ingersoll Rand, saving the diversified industrial firm millions by better managing company-wide print spend. Using a Lean Six Sigma-based approach, Xerox will design a print environment with the appropriate number of output devices, like printers, fax machines, copiers and scanners, to help employees work more Read More …
Dan Pink posted a blog the other day titled The 44-cent Solution. The blog solicited quite a few comments and I have to say really made me stop what I was going to write today. I had woke this morning and was contemplating the Demise of Small Business (and solving World Hunger). You either had Read More …
My guest on the Business901 Podcast last week was Ankit Patel, the founder of The Lean Way Consulting.This Ebook is a transcription of the podcast. We discussed applying Lean principles to Small Business. Ankit is a Lean Practitioner that has taken his expertise to the front-line of many small business. Little theory was discussed in Read More …