Getting thru a Sales Problem

Tim Sanders has spent most of his career on the cutting edge of innovation and change. He was on the ground floor of the quality movement, the launch of the mobile phone industry and, most notably, the birth of the world wide web. He was an early stage member of Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner’s broadcast.com, Read More …

Don’t Start w Process, Start w Problem

In most of my presentations, I start at the very beginning by addressing the fact that for close to a decade now I have been presenting on the subject of using Lean in Sales and Marketing. Along the way, I have seen the gradual diminishing of Six Sigma influence and the rise of the Lean Read More …

Problem-Solving Leadership

Dr. Jeff Soper is a seasoned executive, consultant, author, and coach who is a recognized expert in the fields of leadership development, performance improvement, and creativity and innovation. He expresses Problem-Solving leadership in different terms than most of us do. Related Podcast and Transcription: Getting to the Leadership Table Joe: Even in a Lean way Read More …

Can’t solve A Problem Without A Well Rounded Idea Of The Problem

Jim Benson is best known for his seminal work, Personal Kanban.  Our conversation tomorrow centers on his new work, Why Limit WIP: We are Drowning in Work (MemeMachine Series) (Volume 2). This is an excerpt from one of my favorite podcast (Related Podcast and Transcription:  Quality & Collaboration = Quallaboration An excerpt from the past podcast: Read More …

Can You Use Inventive Problem Solving

TRIZ is an acronym. T-R-I-Z. It’s a Russian Acronym for theory of inventive problem solving. And don’t worry about the word “theory” because, in fact, TRIZ is a whole bunch of very practical methods for creative problem solving – Ellen Domb Is TRIZ something you can use? Find out in this podcast. Ellen Domb is Read More …

The Problem with Correct Answers

A correct answer kills the creativity. See what happens when third grade students think there is a correct answer. From Elad Segev: I would be thankful if other teachers from other Countries will repeat this exercise and send me the results, I will publish these results in YouTube [email protected] I found this video via tweet Read More …