Standardize & Leave People Be Creative

There seems to be as many maps in the Service Design world as there is time in the Lean world. Service Design has a few types of maps that they consider, Process Maps, Journey Maps, Blueprint Maps, Net-map, Offering Maps, Mind Maps, etc. Not that I don’t enjoy the tools but it gets rather confusing. Read More …

Can Numbers be Creative, Can Numbers be Imaginative?

Author, ERIC SIEGEL, PhD, is the founder of Predictive Analytics World and Executive Editor of the Predictive Analytics Times. Eric makes the how and why of predictive analytics understandable and captivating. Joe: When we look at this, data certainly plays a part but people would refute the fact that data can tell the future. I Read More …

Lean Sales Methods: Creative Cooperation

Citing Edward Wilson’s book, “The Social Conquest of Earth,” President Clinton explains why creative cooperators are often the most successful in coming together to solve problems, in both government and in the private sector. He starts out by stating that the “Earth has belonged to the cooperators. The great cooperator species are ants, termites, bees Read More …

Critical and Creative Thinking benefits the Problem Solver

Below is a presentation that I will be giving this week to the Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky. It will be during the winter training school and focus on using both Critical and Creative Thinking benefits the Problem Solver. It also includes how to prevent the failures of most decision processes. This an hour long Read More …

Six Sigma Discipline is Good for a Creative Process

I have been promoting Lean Marketing and Six Sigma Marketing for quite a while and have typically been met with steadfast resistance. However, I am seeing more and more mentions of this and it is not coming from the Six Sigma Black Belts. It is being driven by Marketers and Accountants. Listen to one marketer’s Read More …

Creative Ads

Scott Howard of “ScLoHo’s Collective Wisdom dedicated to Marketing, Advertising and the Creative Process“ – just blogged about a site that has 50 creative ads on it. If you want some inspiration, maybe even a smile or two. Before you ask, I did not pose for the picture. Technorati Tags: Cerium50, ScLoHo’s Collective Wisdom, Creative Read More …