Understanding the Perspective of Value

Lean is considered by many as a product dominant thinking methodology. Lean was based primarily on the Toyota Production Process, which was an avid follower of Dr. Deming. Lean became more problem/solution orientated and another outgrowth of Dr. Deming, Systems Thinking, moved more to the Peter Senge approach illustrated in The Fifth Discipline. A crude Read More …

Code Ensemble with a Bass vs HTML

Steve Horowitz’s 25 year career integrates his experiences as a band leader, with his explorations as a multi faceted composer. Horowitz can be found working and touring with his group The Code Ensemble, a 14-piece electro-acoustic chamber ensemble, and has released 10 compact discs to date. Horowitz has a large catalog of music for traditional Read More …

The Lean Startup a Prescription for Lean

When we look at a problem, we should devise the best set of methods that we know of to solve the problem. However, many of us are prisoners of our own tools. How does that happen? It is very simple. If we are a Lean, Six Sigma or even a Theory of Constraints practitioner, we Read More …

Building on the Work of Peter Scholtes

In a recent podcast, Kelly Allan discusses the work of Peter Scholtes, I asked Kelly; “How do you think Peter Scholtes would like to be remembered? What do you think was the most important thing to him?” Kelly Allan:  Certainly, joy. Pride and joy in work would be right up there for Peter. Trying to Read More …

Using Service Dominant Logic in Lean

This is an excerpt from a webinar, that I presented on Lean Service Design. This particular section is on Service Dominant Logic or SD-Logic which was introduced by Robert Lusch and Stephen Vargo in the book, The Service-Dominant Logic of Marketing. Lean viewed through the lens of PDCA as a knowledge creation platform can serve Read More …

Statistics lend themselves to the Theory of Music

Statistics though, in my mind, lend themselves to the theory of music without the soul, scales and modes without feeling said my podcast guest, John Lawrence Woodall. He also furnished me the following quote: Architecture can be said to be frozen music. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Our podcast, Can Studying Music help your Lean Read More …