Addressing Customer Behaviors

Drinking a little Service Dominant Logic (SD-Logic) juice, I feel that the value the majority of organizations offer centers on the use of our products and services. The actual value a customer derives from our product or service.  Few of us would argue, but most of us continue to focus on the function of our Read More …

Agile Community Discussion

Related Podcasts: Bustamante on Agile Communities, 1 of 2 and Bustamante on Agile Communities, 2 of 2 An activist in the Agile Communities, Alan Bustamante plays a leadership role within Agile Cincinnati; as well as, speaking at conferences and professional groups across the planet. Xcelerate Partners is a technology consulting firm focused on helping organizations rapidly deliver high-quality software products Read More …

Middle Manager Stack

This is a collection of Business901 Podcast Transcriptions that are assembled for the Middle Manager. I tried to create a mix of Leadership and Process that was more centered around the tactical side of management. Middle Manager Stacks are a new way to organize your own publications, as well as any other publications that you Read More …

Funding a Business at Mid-Life

In the book, it seemed that you stayed away from discussing just the VC funding type which in software seems so prevalent and is that directly related to that midlife entrepreneur that he has assets and everything? I asked that question of Bill Seagraves, author of Be Your Best Boss: Reinvent Yourself from Employee to Entrepreneur. Read More …

Bustamante on Agile Communities, 2 of 2

An activist in the Agile Communities, Alan Bustamante plays a leadership role within Agile Cincinnati; as well as, speaking at conferences and professional groups across the planet. Xcelerate Partners is a technology consulting firm focused on helping organizations rapidly deliver high-quality software products using agile development techniques. They provide agile training, coaching and delivery services to business of all Read More …

My First Lean Project Lost $1,000,000

I take it you were a construction project manager type of person first; I assume? I guess what drove the need to use Lean in construction and your planning discipline because you were pretty early. In 2001, there wasn’t a whole lot of people doing Lean Construction yet. I asked this question of Dave MacNeel Read More …