Random Thoughts on Limiting WIP

The 2 key ingredients of Kanban from a personal standpoint depicted in the book Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life by Benson and Barry and in business described in the Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business> by Anderson were two things; visualize your work and limit work in process. From my perspective Read More …

The Practical Application of Systems Thinking

John Shibley has 30 years of experience leading complex organizational improvement efforts in a variety of industries, sectors, and settings. His practice focuses on the intersection of strategy, innovation and organizational learning. He is a flexible and imaginative consultant with a history of working successfully with a variety of clients and for moving nimbly between Read More …

The Outliers Inn – Customer Engagement

This week I had the opportunity to participate in a relatively new podcast, The Outliers Inn: “As they say, It’s a place where irreverence and self-deprecating humor is the order of the day.” On this week show, Episode 9, the guests Michelle Battle-Fisher and myself had a spirited conversation with the 2 hosts, Taylor and Read More …

Mapping Products Your People Love

Donna Lichaw helps you navigate the oft-treacherous waters of product development. Helping you not just to tell stories or use stories to promote your product, but to build your products as if they were stories themselves. Her book, The User’s Journey: Storymapping Products That People Love shows you how, when, and why to use narrative structure, technique, and principles to ideate, craft, and Read More …

Working with the Publisher (Do Book Co.)

Alan Moore  latest book,Do Design: Why beauty is key to everything (Do Books)  was the topic of our conversation.And during the podcast, we talked about his publisher the Do Book Co. From their website: The Do Book Company is an independent publishing house based in Shoreditch, London. We produce a series of inspirational pocket guidebooks in Read More …

Design at the Organic Milk Producer

Alan Moore possesses a unique grasp on the changes that are reshaping our world and an insight and passion on how to transform organizations and businesses to thrive in a world where it’s not business as usual. His latest book, Do Design: Why beauty is key to everything (Do Books)  was the topic of our conversation. Read More …