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UX Designer and author, Russ Unger is next week’s podcast guest. We focused primarily on his new book, Designing the Conversation: Techniques for Successful Facilitation (Voices That Matter). However, I could not resist discussing a favorite book of mine that he wrote several years ago and a 2nd edition was recently published, A Project Guide Read More …
Michael Dobson (@sidewisethinker), author of Project: Impossible – How the Great Leaders of History Identified, Solved and Accomplished the Seemingly Impossible – and How You Can Too! was my guest last week in the podcast, How do you Handle an Impossible Project? This is a transcription of the podcast. Download or view the PDF: Handling Impossible Projects Read More …
From my blog post, Do you only Listen through your Ears?: Empathy is a major differentiator between the traditional process methodologies of Six Sigma, and I say this tongue–in-cheek, Lean. Many times when you review Design for Six Sigma, Lean Startup, Lean Product Development, and Lean Design (the list goes on), seldom when you search Read More …
Steve Portigal. author of Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights, is the founder of Portigal Consulting. He has interviewed hundreds of people, including families eating breakfast, hotel maintenance staff, architects, rock musicians, home-automation enthusiasts, credit-default swap traders, and radiologists. His work has informed the development of mobile devices, medical information systems, music gear, wine Read More …
Steve Portigal (@steveportigal) author of Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights is next weeks podcast guest. Steve is fascinated by the stuff of a culture – its products, companies, consumers, media, and advertising. As he says, all these artifacts and the relationships between them are the rules that define a culture — the stuff Read More …
In my Lean Sales and Marketing work, I have become quite intrigued with the CAP-Do Cycle and Scenario Thinking. You can find out more information on the Lean Sales Method page and Planning with Scenarios. Both of these methods have taken traditional Lean thinking, and we might say turned it on its head. Instead of Read More …