Is a Collaboration between Marketing and Human Resources needed?

Is your growth being limited by people development? The past 6 months I have been involved in the domain of Human Resources working with companies in both the SaaS environment and Event Management fields. Before this most of my area in people development had centered on the onboarding aspect. These areas show strikingly a bit Read More …

What Should The Missing TWI Block Be Named?

In Lean we use TWI as a platform for developing people. However, we may not do so good of a job developing the Explore aspect (EDCA) of Lean through the process.  Any Thoughts? In Eric Ries’s new book, The Startup Way, he quoted Shigeki Tomoyama (who at the time was the chief officer of the IT Read More …

Lean People Development Summit Ad Portfolio

Lean People Development Summit is just a little over a week away. As a result, we have completed our Ad copy and wanted to upload it for anyone’s review. There was a fair amount of other copy and video made but I thought this collection stood on its own as more of that display ad style. Read More …

How Important is a Different Perspective to You?

This year at the Lean People Development Summit, we emphasize creating a more diversity in our presenters and participants We believe by doing this that it creates a better and broader base for learning. A few examples: A mixture of presentations, workshop sessions, and panel discussions. We have more female presenters than male for the first time. Read More …

Does your organization think in promises?

Or, do you hold people accountable? When we use promises, it is very reflective. Few people will promise something they cannot deliver. This leads me to a bigger question. When contemplating HR’s role in developing and sustaining a Lean Enterprise, what does HR promise the rest of the organization? After asking that, what types of things Read More …

A Common Thread between Education, Healthcare & Construction

Lean is being applied to these sectors to make things Better, Faster, Cheaper but it does not take long to find out to accomplish this that silos need to be broken down. People will talk a lot about agility but if you understand the concept of Lean Standard Work, you can see how it provides Read More …