Know about the Maker Movement?

Do-It-Yourself industry in the U.S. is a $700 billion industry Mark Hatch is the CEO, co-founder of TechShop, a former Green Beret and now, a Business901 Podcast Guest. He has held executive positions focused on innovation, disruptive technology and entrepreneurship at large and small firms alike. His background includes time with Avery Dennison and Kinko Read More …

Lean Change Methodology

In the podcast with Jeff Anderson, the catalyst behind the Lean Change Method, we discussed the Lean Change Techniques he has deployed at Deloitte. More information is available about the Lean Change Method at http://agileconsulting.blogspot.com/.  Jeff leads the Deloitte Lean market offering, providing advisory, transformation, and change management services to software technology based organizations, helping Read More …

Scrum and Kanban in the Lean Value Chain

Mattias Skarin works as a Lean and Kanban coach, building systems that enables you to cut time to market and improve quality. He has helped several software teams deliver with confidence, scaled Scrum over multiple teams (cutting game cycle time from 24 months to 4) and improved life at operations using Kanban. He is an Read More …

How to See the Other Side of a Conversation

We often struggle to see views different than ours. Though we may make the effort, we keep coming back to our viewpoint to frame the correct answer. In sales, it is even more difficult because we are trying to have the person/organization to see our side, but also to resolve the problem by purchasing a Read More …

Can Entrepreneurship be taught?

Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup author Bill Aulet said this in an upcoming Business901 Podcast: Bill: There is an enormous need for this. We’re already into, you know Joe, this is two weeks out and we’re going into our second printing. I have been blown away by the demand for this. I Read More …

6 Minutes to Facilitation Expertise

The story of Austin’s Butterfly with Ron Berger is one of the best lessons I have seen for continuous improvement. It applies the principles of iterations, collaboration, and feedback. Austin was able to improve the last effort dramatically and, as a result, did not even have to Pivot. The insights by the participants and their Read More …