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 …

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 …

Searching for Talent Practitioners

Are you a Human Resource practitioner working in… Talent Acquisition Talent Development Talent Retention I am planning on interviewing several practitioners on subject matter such as… How does Lean directly help with retention? How does Lean coaching replace or serve as a mentor? How do you hire a Lean/Agile mindset? How Lean helps with diversity?  Read More …