Team Engagement in a Complex World

I just recently read the book Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley McChrystal that described the transition of the command and control style of management to the more adaptive approach that I have found successful in working with teams. Though I read the Kindle version,  the book Read More …

Drucker aligned w Lean & Lean Startup

I was also surprised that I saw Lean and Lean Startup principles within the Drucker framework. Not that he wasn’t about continuous improvement, but how does those thoughts parallel with Drucker? – Joe Dager The Podcast and Transcription is available at: The Drucker Institute Peter Gandolfo:  I think the concepts are very complementary. To give Read More …

Are You Minimally Viable Agile?

I have to ask you about a topic you’ve been working on. It’s an MVP type thing, but it’s called a Minimally Viable Agile. I guess that would be MVA. What is that about? This is an excerpt from Next Weeks Podcast Troy Tuttle: I’m working on this to do some talks on MVA, Minimally Read More …

Improve User Experience w Lean

Jeff Gothelf is a designer, an Agile practitioner with a specific expertise in User Experience culminating in his book Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience. His daytime job is currently as Managing Director in Neo’s New York City office. Previously, Jeff has led teams at TheLadders, Publicis Modem, WebTrends, Fidelity, & AOL. Read More …

The Sales Role in a Lean Enterprise

The Role of Sales and Marketing is changing in every organization. The success of Lean on the operational side has influenced management to seek the same culture across the entire organization to include sales and marketing. They aspire for a true Lean Enterprise. How, do you achieve this? Do the principles of continuous improvement and Read More …

The Four Forces of a Customer Decision

A force is defined as a push or pull that changes an object’s state of motion or causes the object to deform. In nature, there are four fundamental forces (courtesy of the University of Tenn): The strong interaction is very strong but very short-ranged. It acts only over ranges of order 10-13 centimeters and is Read More …