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Tom MacKay of MacKay NLP Solutions believes we can and that’s what we discussed during this Business901 podcast. Neuro Linguistic Programming (usually called NLP) helps you improve your business, relationships, sporting or artistic performance by teaching you proven strategies that work. People waste a lot of time doing things that don’t get them the results Read More …

How to have a 22–minute Meeting

Great 5 minute video – Lots of fun! Found it via @MindEdgeOnline on Twitter. Meetings can be a huge productivity & time suck. So what if you took out all of the stupid, wasteful stuff and left only the useful parts? Nicole Steinbok explains how to do just that in 9 easy steps. The Poster Read More …

Can Control Points add Value in Lean

Can you really add value or are you just creating another tool to fill out some more paperwork? On the Business901 podcast. Jamie Flinchbaugh the co-author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road answered this and a few more questions such as: What is a control point? What is control point standardization? Read More …

Are you Lean enough to have A3 thinking

I was looking for a primer on A3 to include in my blog and found this IW Best Plants Conference: Developing People with A3 Thinking: In this session at the 2009 IW Best Plants Conference, Jamie Flinchbaugh, Founder and Partner, Lean Learning Center provides a basic primer on A3, outlining its use as a method Read More …

Shorten Marketing Cycle, Incr. Lifecycle

Why Lean Marketing? Because it is the Future of Marketing The Value Stream Map is a lean tool to analyze the value stream. Value Stream Mapping techniques involves mapping each step of a process looking for waste and on improving the total time from the beginning to the end of the entire stream. One of Read More …

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How Good are you at Marketing Yourself? Marketing your Black Belt is a 28-day program starting November 5th. Marketing your Black Belt is based specifically on addressing these issues: Customer Acquisition, Marketing, Customer Retention and Communication & Collaboration. Specifically designed for Quality consultants. Get Clients NOW – 28 Day Program: Program starting on first Monday Read More …