Lean and ROWE, Friend or Foe

David Kasprzak, of the popular blog, My Flexible Pencil was interviewed in the Business901 podcast, Does Lean solve some problems for ROWE?. This is a transcription of the podcast. ROWE stands for  Results-Only Work Environment. It is a revolutionary new way of working that gives employees more responsibility and accountability for their work and the Read More …

The Uniqueness of Hoshin Kanri

The “Hoshin” is developed at each layer of management clarifying strategies and targets to assist in reaching the preceding layer’s targets. This results in both a macro and micro PDCA. This greatly increases the line of sight and shared responsibility to each other in achieving these goals. Kanri is defined as a method to efficiently Read More …

Tricks from the Trenches on applying Hoshin Kanri

Anthony Manos is a Catalyst with Profero, Inc., where he provides professional consulting services, implementation, coaching and training to a wide variety of organizations, large and small, private and public, in many industries focusing on Lean Enterprise and Lean Healthcare. Mr. Manos has extensive knowledge of Lean and quality in a wide range of work Read More …

Gamestorming for Service Design

As part of the kickoff for the Global Service Jam, Dave Gray was asked to offer some tips on how service designers could use Gamestorming. So he put together a few thoughts in this short video on Blip TV. It covers: Job to be done Customer Journey Service Networks Storyboard Back Stage Value Networks Closed Read More …

Value Chain Thinking, not Rocket Science

However, The majority of businesses struggle to apply it and when they do they often fail. There are some simple tips that senior managers should consider before taking the plunge – don’t try and do it alone (collaboration means sharing the journey – where to go and how to get there), don’t try to do Read More …

The Death of List Price

Rob Doctors was interviewed in the Business901 podcast, The Irrelevancy of List Price. this is a transcription of the podcast. Rob is a co-author of Contextual Pricing: The Death of List Price and the New Market Reality. Rob believes that pricing decisions need to be driven by customer context rather than simple list prices. Pricing Read More …