Lean Marketing Conversation – CAP Do

In past blogs, I discuss using CAPD (Check – Act – Plan – Do) or CAP- Do as the beginning cycle for Lean Sales and Marketing. It was term popularized by many that were directly influenced by Dr. Deming, such as Brian Joiner and Yoji Akao. Even with the direct influence of those three I Read More …

Lean Sales and Marketing Blogshop Podcast

The Business901 Blog hosted an abridged version of our Leans Sales and Marketing online workshop. This is a podcast or the audio only version of the Monday through Saturday posts. Each day, the blog post includes a brief introduction, short video, workbook page and recommended reading. On Monday, February 11th, the program started and followed Read More …

Strengthen your Focus on Outcomes

Change initiatives often promote customer success as a priority but put all the attention on improving process. That’s fine, but it only improves performance on 1 of the 8 Dimensions. Like tuning up one of the eight cylinders on your engine. Learn about how to integrate the other 7 and get stunning, sustainable results. This Read More …

Applying Lean to Sales & Marketing

The Business901 Blog is hosting an abridged version ( 7 parts) of our Leans Sales and Marketing online workshop. Each day, the blog post included a brief introduction, short video, workbook page and recommended reading. A complete outline is available at  Lean Sales and Marketing BlogShop Would you like this delivered to your inbox? An Read More …

Lean Collaborative Networks

I had a very open discussion with Dean Bliss, a Lean Healthcare Coach for the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative and a board member of the Iowa Lean Consortium, what it takes to create and sustain these before mentioned initiatives. Dean assists healthcare organizations in learning and applying continuous improvement activities and philosophy. He is an original Read More …

Are you prepared to Lead a Virtual Team:

The fields of remote collaboration, global teams and managing wide-scale organizational change are becoming common place. Nancy Settle-Murphy appeared on the Business901 Podcast, Spanning the Globe for Team Success to discuss some of key components needed to lead these teams. Below is a transcription of the podcast. Nancy’s new book is Leading Effective Virtual Teams: Read More …