Lean as a Business

Art Byrne has been implementing Lean strategy in various U.S.-based manufacturing and service companies, such as Danaher Corporation, for more than 30 years, including The Wiremold Company, which he ran for 11 years. He now serves as Operating Partner at the private equity firm J. W. Childs Associates L.P. Download PDF Transcript of Podcast Note: Read More …

Throttling Work in Process

Personal Kanban notable Jim Benson of Modus Cooperandi  in a recent podcast explained how he views constraints. Related Podcast and Transcription: Drowning in Work Joe:   Well, you have a matrix in the book where you talk about constraints and some of them bad and good. Can constraints be like your throttle for your work? Jim: Read More …

Drowning in Work

Jim Benson’s new work, Why Limit WIP: We are Drowning in Work (MemeMachine Series) (Volume 2), was at the center of our conversation in this podcast. Jim’s company Modus Cooperandi combines Lean principles with Agile methodologies from software design, and the communications revolutions of social media, as a process and tool infrastructure. Jim is best Read More …

Top 10 Business901 Podcasts of 2014

I had a great group of guests this year and had a lot of fun doing and reviewing over 50 podcasts that were recorded this year. This is a summary of the top 10 Business901 podcasts of the year. From this group, the top podcast of the year will be chosen. Drowning in Work? Jim Read More …

Drowning in Work?

Jim Benson’s new work, Why Limit WIP: We are Drowning in Work (MemeMachine Series) (Volume 2), was at the center of our conversation in this podcast. Jim’s company Modus Cooperandi combines Lean principles with Agile methodologies from software design, and the communications revolutions of social media, as a process and tool infrastructure. Jim is best Read More …

Can’t solve A Problem Without A Well Rounded Idea Of The Problem

Jim Benson is best known for his seminal work, Personal Kanban.  Our conversation tomorrow centers on his new work, Why Limit WIP: We are Drowning in Work (MemeMachine Series) (Volume 2). This is an excerpt from one of my favorite podcast (Related Podcast and Transcription:  Quality & Collaboration = Quallaboration An excerpt from the past podcast: Read More …