Telling a Great Business Story Starts With…

Dr. Nick Morgan:  Good stories reveal their structure and they tell you where they’re headed and yet, still provide surprises, so you’re interested. When we go to a Hollywood movie, we have certain expectations. We know things are going to start with a bang. We know that the hero is going to off on a Read More …

Constructing Teams starts with Standard Work

When I use the SALES SDCA approach in Lean Marketing, I emphasize the use of sales and marketing teams. It is one of the underlying principles that are needed. A few basic team development structures need to be identified at the very beginning of the project. I discuss Leans around the three processes of SDCA, Read More …

A Great Team Starts with Great Conversation

You can have a bunch of smart people surrounded by a great product or service and still fail if the conversation flounders. Seldom is it a smooth road along most paths and the path is often filled with tension, conflict, and even positive things can result in misunderstandings. Craig Weber wrote a book this past Read More …

It all starts with a Vision!

In this weeks podcast The Aroma of a Good Vision, I asked Ari Weinzweig, CEO and co-founding partner of Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor, MI to share the “secrets” that have helped take Zingerman’s from a 25-seat, 4-person start up to a nationally known, $40,000,000-organization employing over 500 people. He said it all starts with a Read More …