Relationship Mapping; New Critical Path

How good are you at managing the relationships that your organization builds? As we move from a Product Dominant to a Service Dominant market, the relationships we create are at the core of our business model. However, how many of us understand these relationships? How many of us know what collaborative networks the other members Read More …

Are you ready for showtime?–Taxi Terry

A one-of-a-kind cab driver, "Taxi Terry," created an "Ultimate Customer Experience ®" for business leader and #1 bestselling author Scott McKain. Listen as Scott speaks to a national sales audience of a top retailer and shares insights on distinction and customer service.  Scott is a best selling author. His books include: ALL Business is Show Read More …

Crucial & Collaborative Conversations for Predictable Design & Delivery

Alan Mossman is my guest next week on the podcast where we discuss the latest updates and writings on The Last Planner® System (LPS). The Last Planner® was created by Glenn Ballard and Greg Howell co-founders of the Lean Construction Institute. Alan is a lean design and lean construction consultant, trainer and author. He trained Read More …

The Lean Innovation Engine–Turn the Key

From Tina Seelig’s book inGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity: Below is the fully functional Innovation Engine, showing how all the parts are braided together. The inside of the engine is intertwined with the outside; and the factors on the inside and outside mirror each other. All the parts of your Innovation Engine are inexorably Read More …

Lean 3P is PDCA on Steroids

Well said by Allan R. Coletta, author of a new book The Lean 3P Advantage: A Practitioner’s Guide to the Production Preparation Process. Development of the 3P process is attributed to Chichiro Nakao, a former Toyota group manager and the founder of Shingijutsu company. The accepted meaning of 3P is Production, Preparation, Process. Allan is Read More …

What do you see in a Gemba Walk

Gemba Walks are an integral part of any Service Design process. Way too often we operate in a vacuum and rely on Voice of Customer and Voice of Market Data to govern the services and markets we create. Steve Blank uses the term and encourages entrepreneurs “To get out of the Office” and in Lean Read More …