Kanban Software for Lean Management

Are you getting everything out of your Kanban software that you should? Dimitar Karaivanov, CEO and Co-founder of Kanbanize, thinks that you can do better. Dimitar is a Lean-thinker and a Kanban practitioner with background in the areas of software development and process improvement. Through the success of his company, he has proven that Kanban can Read More …

Developing Individual Habits for Kata & Lean Startup Thinking

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Will Durant In the book The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life — Master Any Skill or Challenge by Learning to Love the Process, author Thomas M. Sterner uses some familiar patterns to practitioners of  Mike Rother’s Read More …

Developing Insights for Lead Generation

People struggle with the Lean Marketing concept. Especially one that does not lead with Lean Startup type thinking. They struggle to see how problem-solving can be an effective approach to growing market-share.  Using the problem/solution type approach causes a marketing effort geared towards a customer versus a collaborative approach. This goes back to that Goods/Product-Dominant Read More …

SOAR Analysis Worksheet

In a past blog of mine, Growing your Company thru SOAR, I discussed not replacing a SWOT Analysis but using SOAR when setting a vision. SOAR an Appreciative Inquiry, a Strength-Based tool sometimes can deliver differently and I think more challenging results at times. As you may know from previous blog posts, Not as easy Read More …

7 Essential Coaching Questions

Michael Bungay Stanier is the Senior Partner of Box of Crayons, a company that helps organizations do less Good Work and more Great Work. He has written a number of books. His latest,  The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever. helps to teach managers how to make coaching part Read More …

Successful Conversations Audio Book

A special collection of Business901 podcasts on the subject of conversations. The collection totals over four hours and the guests are listed in the order of appearance. Joe McCormack is on a mission to help organizations master the art of the short story. In an age of shrinking attention spans, non-stop interruptions, floods of information, Read More …