Jim Benson Talks About Personal Kanban

Jim Benson‘s path to creating Personal Kanban was winding at best. His 20 years since university have seen him build light rail systems and neighborhoods as an urban planner, enterprise software and web sites for major government agencies as the co-owner of Gray Hill Solutions and, most recently, helping create better working environments for teams Read More …

Interview with Personal Kanban Co-Authors

Tonianne DeMaria Barry‘s consulting career spans the fashion industry and government agencies, nonprofit associations and Fortune 100 corporations, start-ups and international development. Her academic training in history lends itself well to management consulting, where she contends that especially in business, the present value of the past is often under-appreciated. She is @sprezzatura on Twitter. Jim Read More …

Does Leadership Need Right Brainers?

Timothy W. Fowler (also known as The Right Brain) is  a University of Kentucky Certified Lean Master, a Goldratt Institute Theory of Constraint Supply Chain Expert, an ASQ-Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, and a Licensed Social Worker with a SECRET clearance. He is a visual-spatial thinker who designed President Obama’s Air Force One secure inspection Read More …

Applying the Principles of Lean

Natalie J. Sayer is the owner of I-Emerge, an Arizona-based global consultancy, and co-author of  Lean For Dummies. She has traveled the world extensively, working with leaders in English and Spanish, to improve their daily lives, businesses and results.  Natalie began studying and applying Lean in the automotive industry, in the US and Mexico before Read More …

Mapping Value in Your Organization

Verna Allee has more than twenty years of deep experience in value networks, intangibles, knowledge management, intellectual capital, and new business models, Verna has been a trusted advisor to more than 100 Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, civil society organizations, and startups, focusing the power of intangible value for increased efficiency and competitive advantage. She Read More …

Revisiting the 7 Steps to Improve Your Marketing

Last week I wrote a blog post, 7 Simple Steps to Improve Your Marketing  and promised to update this past thinking into a more updated version. However, I fell short of my promise, Wednesday already and I am not ready to jump all the way to current state. This blog post forced me to reflect Read More …