Managing Customer Value
How does Lean flow in your mind? In your practice of it? Below is a 5-minute video on my initial thoughts. Additional information is available in this LinkedIn article: http://bit.ly/2xG85jK YouTube: https://youtu.be/o9o8M45aYLg
I was taught Lean is simple: Find a problem, Solve a problem. It really is that simple to get started. Using my interpretation of Lean thinking, we start by: Capture what you are doing (CAP-Do) Create your Standard Practice (SDCA) Take one of those practices improve on it (PDCA) Try something new explore (EDCA) The percentage Read More …
Using the A3 Thinking Process gives a systemic way of implementing Lean Thinking in Sales and Marketing. Through the A3 tool mindset, you learn to think Lean. But to start, I like to think of old Zen saying, If you want to take a deep breath, you must first exhale That is why I encourage the use Read More …
(2) One-hour Sessions on Consecutive Days When most Lean Organizations try to introduce Lean to sales and marketing they seldom take the time to develop Lean Thinking. They first start trying to apply the tools of Lean or trying to build a culture of Lean. It is a very difficult thing to do. Using the A3 Read More …
Jim Gilmore’s new book, Look: A Practical Guide for Improving Your Observational Skills, introduces a metaphor of “six looking glasses.” Each looking glass represents a particular skill to master in order to enhance the way we look at the world. The six skills include binoculars, bifocals, magnifying glass, microscope, rose-colored glasses, and blindfold looking. Each looking glass provides Read More …
Since the age of 12, Dr. O’Grady has been interested in entrepreneurial activities. Besides hard work, he credits his success to constant independent learning and states that he learns from each person he meets. His new book, The Mechanics for Breakthrough Success: The Guide to a Life You Never Considered Reachable is a compilation of what has Read More …