Learning to talk their talk helps

Learning to talk their talk helps you walk your walk! Understanding Customers – Why don’t we ask more questions? Taking is a step further, why don’t we concentrate more on their problems. A quick way to evaluate your efforts is look at where you are spending your own money. Are you improving your problem solving Read More …

Why a Lean Startup is hot and Lean Six Sigma is not

Disclaimer: I have participated in many of these threads and really are using them for a little twisted humor of mine. What Continuous Improvement Consultants are talking about: One Lean group is arguing about whether to start with 5s or not. I mean seriously after we clean the floor what else is there? A Six Read More …

The Pull in Lean Marketing

What is Pull? In Lean Manufacturing the pull concept means that you are responding to the demands of the customer. You only produce per customer demands which will create a much more stable environment based on flow verses the traditional batch and queue type environment. In the service sector, the Lean Concept of pull has Read More …

Sustaining your Kaizen Event Ebook

Mark was a recent recipient of a Shingo Prize. Congratulations Mark! Do you have trouble implementing or sustaining the initiatives after a Kaizen Event? In this transcription of the Business901 podcast episode, I spent the bulk of the podcast on this subject with author Mark Hamel. Mark’s book, Kaizen Event Fieldbook: Foundation, Framework, and Standard Read More …

Lean Rock Stars assembled for Indy Management Workshop

I have first hand knowledge of several of these instructors and the ones that I don’t are well renowned in the Lean field. I can hardly think of a better cast that could be put together. I wonder if Lean Enterprise will put together a film clip like this for these Rock Stars? I think Read More …

Startup Lessons Learned Live Stream

This was a live stream that was posted on my blog during the April 23rd, 2010 Start Lessons Learned Conference. Watch live video from Startup Lessons Learned on Justin.tv