The System of Composing a Piece of Music

I asked John Woodall this question: I want to jump to composing a piece of music. I think it’s more of a system-type thinking approach that you’ve got this grand idea, and you look at this big picture, but then you’ve got to start writing this single note to start out with something. It’s like Read More …

Tell Good Stories, Be Curious says

grayspective aka John Gray. John participated in a past podcast with me recently and below is an excerpt from the podcast. The entire podcast and transcription is available at Startup Entrepreneur to Storyteller. Joe: Is there a good way of doing it to develop stories for businesses? John: I think ultimately is it starts at Read More …

Constructing Teams starts with Standard Work

When I use the SALES SDCA approach in Lean Marketing, I emphasize the use of sales and marketing teams. It is one of the underlying principles that are needed. A few basic team development structures need to be identified at the very beginning of the project. I discuss Leans around the three processes of SDCA, Read More …

A DFSS Expert’s View of TRIZ

Dr. Kai Yang is a Professor in the department of Industrial and Manufacturing, Wayne State University. His areas of expertise include Six Sigma, statistical methods in quality and reliability engineering, Lean product development, Lean healthcare, and engineering design methodologies. Related Podcast and Transcript: Six Sigma’s Voice of Customer Joe Dager: I also noticed in your Read More …

Can Numbers be Creative, Can Numbers be Imaginative?

Author, ERIC SIEGEL, PhD, is the founder of Predictive Analytics World and Executive Editor of the Predictive Analytics Times. Eric makes the how and why of predictive analytics understandable and captivating. Joe: When we look at this, data certainly plays a part but people would refute the fact that data can tell the future. I Read More …

A Strength Based Lesson thru Visuality

Bob Petruska, author of Gemba Walks for Service Excellence: The Step-by-Step Guide for Identifying Service Delighters discussed what he learned (part 2 of 2) about  Sur-Seal Corporation after listening to the podcast (part 1of 1) with Mick Wilz, Director of Enterprise Excellence and Co-Owner of Sur-Seal. Related Podcasts and Transcription: Lessons in Visuality I asked Read More …