Managing Customer Value
In part 3 of this 3 part podcast Mike Dalton the founder of Guided Innovation Group, discussed Alliances and tools used in Innovation. I think you might be surprised with some of the answers. In Mikes recent book, Simplifying Innovation: Doubling speed to market and new product profits – with your existing resourceshe discussed the Read More …
There’s been a big debate lately on tools and the thinking processes of lean.When you talk about a system, one of the first things that I think of is the tools that are used in the system. I use the tools to make sense out of a system, but I thought that Michael Balle author Read More …
When talking to most Lean Six Sigma Consultants they will tell you the 2 lean tools that you start with are 5S and Standard Work. Looking for a simple way to describe the Standard Work process, I ran across Systems2win and their set of tools. I found them quite interesting and have started “Testing” them Read More …
My webinar Marketing your Black Belt requires a little homework first and thought I would just post it to my blog. Has your tools changed in your marketing? A take-off on the old McGraw-Hill Advertisement. Thanks to David Meerman Scott for the lead to the video. Related Posts: Marketing your Black Belt How I would Start Marketing Read More …
I had Robert Stapp of OP•EX Direct Results Inc. on the Business901 podcast and in part 2 of this podcast, we had a discussion on operational excellence. He discussed several ways to leverage Lean and Six Sigma in achieving excellence. The lesson I learned from the podcast was that these were not the only tools Read More …
Some of these tools are beyond my scope but there are a couple that are free or even under $30 which are very useful. Take a look, it is worth a quick browse thru and maybe saving a few of the links in your Someday, Maybe File. Oops, Did you read David Allen yet? There Read More …