Is There a Framework for Creating Greater Autonomy?

How do people advance through the changing structure of a Lean or Agile Organization? Is There a Framework for Creating Greater Autonomy in the Workplace? In the Lean world, we use the processes of Training within Industry and the Toyota Kata to move from a strict hierarchal structure to more distributed culture. It reminds me Read More …

2017 Business901 Podcast of the Year: The Lean Strategy with Dan Jones

Dan Jones is a management thought leader and advisor on applying lean, process thinking to every type of business across the world. He is the founding Chairman of the Lean Enterprise Academy in the UK, dedicated to pushing forward the frontiers of lean thinking and helping others with its implementation. He is also the co-author of the Read More …

How do you Scale Agile?

It seems every year Agile folks are pushing a new enterprise system that solves the problem of scaling. The latest flavor of the month seems to be SAFe. However, I still see Lean hanging around with the most successful.  Agile is great for teams, but when you scale you need a way to structure them Read More …

Difference in Traditional vs Lean Strategic Thinking

As a preview to the upcoming Lean Accounting Summit, Orry Fiume will describe the difference between traditional and lean strategic thinking, based on a new book, The Lean Strategy, that he co-authored with Dan Jones, Michael Balle and Jacques Chaize. This is a free webinar offered by Lean Frontiers on Tue, Aug 15, 2017 2:00 PM Read More …

Applying Lean Strategy to Lean People

Dan Jones and others new book, The Lean Strategy: Using Lean to Create Competitive Advantage, Unleash Innovation, and Deliver Sustainable Growth is outstanding. I enjoyed reading it and putting it to use. Dan Jones is a management thought leader and advisor on applying lean, process thinking to every type of business across the world. Dan is the co-author Read More …

Dan Jones discussing Agile and Lean Strategies

  Related Podcast: Putting a Lean Strategy into Action Note: This is a transcription of an interview. It has not gone through a professional editing process and may contain grammatical errors or incorrect formatting. Joe Dager:    Welcome everyone, this is Joe Dager, the host of the Business901 podcast. With me today is Daniel T. Jones. Read More …