2017 Business901 Podcast of the Year: The Lean Strategy with Dan Jones

Dan Jones is a management thought leader and advisor on applying lean, process thinking to every type of business across the world. He is the founding Chairman of the Lean Enterprise Academy in the UK, dedicated to pushing forward the frontiers of lean thinking and helping others with its implementation. He is also the co-author of the Read More …

The Cascading Effects of Lean in Your Marketing

Upcoming Presentation This breakout session is part of the Lean Leadership Week, which includes the Lean People Development Summit and Lean Accounting/Management Summit hosted by Lean Frontiers in Savannah, GA on October 24th & 25th, 2017. For more information visit: http://www.leanfrontiers.com/leadershipweek/. Title: The Cascading Effects of Lean in Your Marketing Session Abstract: Marketing is becoming less 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 …

Difference in Traditional vs Lean Strategic Thinking

As a preview to the upcoming Lean Accounting Summit, Orry Fiume will describe the difference between traditional and lean strategic thinking, based on a new book, The Lean Strategy, that he co-authored with Dan Jones, Michael Balle and Jacques Chaize. This is a free webinar offered by Lean Frontiers on Tue, Aug 15, 2017 2:00 PM Read More …

Applying Lean Strategy to Lean People

Dan Jones and others new book, The Lean Strategy: Using Lean to Create Competitive Advantage, Unleash Innovation, and Deliver Sustainable Growth is outstanding. I enjoyed reading it and putting it to use. Dan Jones is a management thought leader and advisor on applying lean, process thinking to every type of business across the world. Dan is the co-author Read More …

HR’s Job in Overcoming Barriers to “Wow” Results

Leading off the Lean People Development Summit, held September 11-12, will be Cheryl M. Jekiel. The Summit draws professionals from HR, continuous improvement, and leadership to explore how best to design job roles aimed at improvement, build problem-solving skills, define process improvement competencies, and develop leaders at all levels of the organization. This summit was Read More …