2017 Business901 Podcast of the Year: The Lean Strategy with Dan Jones

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 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 …

Kata-tize Your Next Conference Attendance

I have put together a first draft PDF developed for the upcoming Lean People Development Summit. It is in its earliest stages and my hope is for people to share and discuss it on LinkedIn with any suggestions for improvement. I take no ownership of the material, just please properly attribute the original Toyota Kata work.The Read More …

Applying Lean Strategy to Lean People

Dan Jones and others new book, The Lean Strategy: Using Lean to Create Competitive Advantage, Unleash Innovation, and Deliver Sustainable Growth is outstanding. I enjoyed reading it and putting it to use. Dan Jones is a management thought leader and advisor on applying lean, process thinking to every type of business across the world. Dan is the co-author Read More …

Dan Jones discussing Agile and Lean Strategies

  Related Podcast: Putting a Lean Strategy into Action Note: This is a transcription of an interview. It has not gone through a professional editing process and may contain grammatical errors or incorrect formatting. Joe Dager:    Welcome everyone, this is Joe Dager, the host of the Business901 podcast. With me today is Daniel T. Jones. 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 …