18 minutes with an agile mind: Clifford Stoll on TED

Clifford Stoll could talk about the atmosphere of Jupiter. Or hunting KGB hackers. Or Klein bottles, computers in classrooms, the future. But he’s not going to. Which is fine, because it would be criminal to confine a man with interests as multifarious as Stoll’s to give a talk on any one topic. Instead, he simply Read More …

Small Business Lean Ebook

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 …

Create Space, Agility & Create The Future

In Engineering Live I read an interesting article titled, “How manufacturers can prepare for post-recession profitability.” David Hatrick, a technology and innovation consultant with PA Consulting Group in Cambridge, UK, recommends that manufacturing companies adopt a three-pronged strategy in order that they can emerge from the downturn as winners. His strategy is: create space; create Read More …

Small Business Lean

My guest on the Business901 Podcast was Ankit Patel, the founder of The Lean Way Consulting. 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 this conversation. There was little if any should “do’s” Read More …

Key Marketing Concepts from Korean War

From Wikpedia: Boyd’s key concept was that of the decision cycle or OODA Loop, the process by which an entity (either an individual or an organization) reacts to an event. According to this idea, the key to victory is to be able to create situations wherein one can make appropriate decisions more quickly than one’s Read More …

The Lean Edge and Zen – 2 great topics discovered

This is a nifty project management tool based on Kanban principles that Jim Benson of Personal Kanban told me about during the recording of our podcast. . What is Zen? Zen is a simple and flexible application that draws on ideas from lean manufacturing to provide a new way of thinking about project management. Rather Read More …