Random Thoughts on Limiting WIP

The 2 key ingredients of Kanban from a personal standpoint depicted in the book Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life by Benson and Barry and in business described in the Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business> by Anderson were two things; visualize your work and limit work in process. From my perspective Read More …

We have 60,000 Thoughts a Day, 80% Negative – How to Change

I had Silva Instructor, Majorie Dearmont on a past podcast and thought I would share a few of her thoughts while Mindvalley is offering a Black Friday deal. Over $1000 savings ends Friday night, at midnight.  Your last chance to grab this Black Friday deal Related Podcast and Transcription: The Silva Method Joe: Can you Read More …

Past Thoughts on Lean and Agile

James Coplien in a past Business901 Podcast (Related Podcast and Transcription: Is Architecture Needed in Agile?) gave an interesting overview of Lean and Agile. Not sure I can do it justice with just this excerpt but see if interest you enough to go to the long version above. You can find Jim at Gertrud & Read More …

Thoughts on Healthcare Kaizen

Lean Healthcare has been a central part of many of my podcasts and is a much talked about field these days. A result of not only the cost savings that Lean provides but the ability of Lean to assist in prevention of errors and time-saving. There have been few greater advocates of the application of Read More …

Process Control Thoughts

Mary and Tom Poppendieck were my guests on the Business901 Podcast, Process Control Thoughts from the Poppendiecks. Our conversation also spurred several thoughts that I expressed in a recent post, Time Based Thinking limits Lean Sales and Marketing. This is a transcription of the podcast. Mary Poppendieck has been in the Information Technology industry for Read More …

Poppendiecks on Process Control Thoughts

At #LSSC!12, I had a chance to listen to Mary Poppendieck’s talk on, Continuous Feedback: Process Control for Developing Software-Intensive Systems. I had a few questions afterwards that developed into an entire podcast. Mary Poppendieck has been in the Information Technology industry for over thirty years. She has managed solutions for companies in several disciplines, Read More …