The 5 Big Questions for Lean Marketing

In the book, The Lean Strategy, the authors compare the 5 Key Questions of Michael Porters’ seminal work on strategy to Toyota’s strategy. Michael Porter’s Strategy Model Shaped by 5 Key Questions How do you respond to the bargaining power of customers? How do you increase our bargaining power over suppliers? How do you counter the Read More …

Putting a Lean Strategy into Action

Dan Jones is a management thought leader and advisor on applying lean, process thinking to every type of business across the world. He is the founding Chairman of the Lean Enterprise Academy www.leanuk.org in the UK, dedicated to pushing forward the frontiers of lean thinking and helping others with its implementation. He is also the co-author of the Read More …

Addressing HR with a Lean Strategy

When reviewing the agenda of the Lean People Development Summit, I found it useful to overlay the agenda on The Lean Strategy House (w the 5 questions) for review. Similar to what you would do a canvas that is often depicted in today’s startup and innovation spaces. The video from yesterday is embedded into the Slideshare. I Read More …

Lean People Development Summit Overview

Why I am Excited About My Participation Join those in HR, Continuous Improvement, and Leadership and take a deep dive into how to attract, retain, and develop your people. Lean People Development Summit, September 11-12, 2017, Savannah, GA. http://leanpeopledevelopment.com/ [arve url=”https://youtu.be/l_owfsuj_jA” /] About the book: The Lean House or the House of Lean has been used for Read More …

Cumulative Iteration is the Foundation of Scaling

Dan Jones never ceases to amaze me with his insight. Below is a podcast excerpt from our upcoming discussion that will be posted this week about a new book he co-authored,  The Lean Strategy: Using Lean to Create Competitive Advantage, Unleash Innovation, and Deliver Sustainable Growth. I not only enjoyed the reading of this book but have Read More …

Using The Lean Strategy for the Lean People Development Summit

The Lean House or the House of Lean has been used for many years to symbolize the basic Lean principles. It is so commonplace that I am not even sure of the origin. What is unique about The Lean Strategy: Using Lean to Create Competitive Advantage, Unleash Innovation, and Deliver Sustainable Growth is the depiction Read More …