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 …

Using the 5 Questions of The Lean Strategy

My Amazon review of The Lean Strategy: Using Lean to Create Competitive Advantage, Unleash Innovation, and Deliver Sustainable Growth: This may be the most powerful book I have read on Lean in the last 10 years. What the authors have done is transferred the knowledge of primarily Toyota to everyday organizational challenges outside of the automotive Read More …

TRIZ for Business Solutions

Victor Fey, a TRIZ Master and a close associate of Genrikh Altshuller, the founder of TRIZ, has over 35 years’ experience in TRIZ research, training, and application. Since The TRIZ Group’s inception in 1995, Victor has collected more than two decades of consulting experience serving the Global 1000. In this innovation consulting capacity, Victor’s work has Read More …