Lean Coaching with Jeff Liker

I had the pleasure of interviewing Jeff Liker celebrated author and authority on Toyota and the Toyota Production System. I was interviewing Jeff about his upcoming book, The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement (Book release date is April 22nd, Podcast will be later this month) and we wandered off on the question of coaching and Read More …

Does your Value Proposition speak of the Customer Experience?

When most organizations think about their value proposition, they think about the tangible benefits that the organization offers or how much better they are in a certain area versus the competition. It might even include their history, technical expertise, latest technology, commitment to customers, etc. In the book, Strategy from the Outside In: Profiting from Read More …

Can we build organizations to foster good ideas?

New ideas come from networks and forming new networks create new ideas! People often credit their ideas to individual "Eureka!" moments. But Steven Johnson shows how history tells a different story. His fascinating tour takes us from the "liquid networks" of London’s coffee houses to Charles Darwin’s long, slow hunch to today’s high-velocity web. Great Read More …

Follow the Right Steps, achieve the Life of our Dreams says..

Tom MacKay of MacKay NLP Solutions believes we can and that’s what we discussed during this Business901 podcast. Neuro Linguistic Programming (usually called NLP) helps you improve your business, relationships, sporting or artistic performance by teaching you proven strategies that work. People waste a lot of time doing things that don’t get them the results Read More …

Can Control Points add Value in Lean

Can you really add value or are you just creating another tool to fill out some more paperwork? On the Business901 podcast. Jamie Flinchbaugh the co-author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road answered this and a few more questions such as: What is a control point? What is control point standardization? Read More …

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How Good are you at Marketing Yourself? Marketing your Black Belt is a 28-day program starting November 5th. Marketing your Black Belt is based specifically on addressing these issues: Customer Acquisition, Marketing, Customer Retention and Communication & Collaboration. Specifically designed for Quality consultants. Get Clients NOW – 28 Day Program: Program starting on first Monday Read More …