Middle Manager Stack

This is a collection of Business901 Podcast Transcriptions that are assembled for the Middle Manager. I tried to create a mix of Leadership and Process that was more centered around the tactical side of management. Middle Manager Stacks are a new way to organize your own publications, as well as any other publications that you Read More …

Funding a Business at Mid-Life

In the book, it seemed that you stayed away from discussing just the VC funding type which in software seems so prevalent and is that directly related to that midlife entrepreneur that he has assets and everything? I asked that question of Bill Seagraves, author of Be Your Best Boss: Reinvent Yourself from Employee to Entrepreneur. Read More …

Bustamante on Agile Communities, 2 of 2

An activist in the Agile Communities, Alan Bustamante plays a leadership role within Agile Cincinnati; as well as, speaking at conferences and professional groups across the planet. Xcelerate Partners is a technology consulting firm focused on helping organizations rapidly deliver high-quality software products using agile development techniques. They provide agile training, coaching and delivery services to business of all Read More …

My First Lean Project Lost $1,000,000

I take it you were a construction project manager type of person first; I assume? I guess what drove the need to use Lean in construction and your planning discipline because you were pretty early. In 2001, there wasn’t a whole lot of people doing Lean Construction yet. I asked this question of Dave MacNeel Read More …

Innovation at the Cleveland Clinic

Thomas J. Graham, MD, was the Chief Innovation Officer of Cleveland Clinic and Vice Chairman of Orthopedic Surgery. A prolific inventor with nearly 50 worldwide patents and a serial entrepreneur, he is a renowned orthopaedic surgeon whose practice is the premier destination for the care of the professional athlete’s hand and wrist. He is regularly Read More …

Lean Transformations guided by Beliefs?

The The Lean CEO: Leading the Way to World-Class Excellence reveals the true power of Lean through in-depth interviews with CEOs who have gone beyond tool adoption and established Lean as a corporate-wide management system. The all-star cast of twenty-eight leaders represents a wide variety of organizations, including global manufacturers Ingersoll-Rand and Barry-Wehmiller, healthcare icons Read More …