Is it an insult to say that it’s documented?

Lindsay Jackson Nichols discussed the business benefits of ISO Certification and how it can be used in conjunction with continuous improvement in the Business901 podcast, Can there be a marriage between ISO and Lean? Lindsay is the CEO of MOCG, a management consulting firm specializing in implementing process improvement and ISO based management systems. This Read More …

Is Std Work needed in Sales & Marketing?

Watch as Mike Micklewright uses comedy, to dissect the top 10 list of unacceptable corrective actions when it comes to today’s quality systems: You know why this video is funny? It is because we have heard them all. In fact, Most of us have said them ourselves at one time. And as odd as it Read More …

Keeping it together with Personal Kanban

Patty Beidleman has used Personal Kanban in almost every instance that she could think of since first coming across it last in August of ’09.  From using it with her 11 year old daughter, at the nonprofit she founded and to using it in a preschool classroom. Patty even has developed her own kit for Read More …

Can we build organizations to foster good ideas?

New ideas come from networks and forming new networks create new ideas! People often credit their ideas to individual "Eureka!" moments. But Steven Johnson shows how history tells a different story. His fascinating tour takes us from the "liquid networks" of London’s coffee houses to Charles Darwin’s long, slow hunch to today’s high-velocity web. Great Read More …

Has Technology Killed Time?

Some of the most popular books and even a few of my most popular blog posts are all centered around words like: Fast Rapid Speed Now Immediate Instantaneous Quick Has Technology killed time? Whatever happen to the words, I need to sleep on it or let me think about it? Can you imagine your kids Read More …

Transforming your Supply Chain to a Lean Fulfillment Stream eBook

This is a transcription of the Businss901 Podcast with Robert Martichenko, CEO and Founder of LeanCor. We discussed applying Lean Principles to the Supply Chain. I found many of his answers very unique and his approaches straight forward and practical. At the upcoming Lean Logistics Summit, June 22nd and 23rd in Cincinnati, OH, Robert leads Read More …