Innovation at the Mayo Clinic

Next week is my 300th Business901 podcast. It was a special treat for me to interview Barbara Spurrier, MHA, the founding and current administrative director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation. She has advised senior leaders in the health care industry for over two decades, serving as a champion for innovation in large, complex Read More …

Sales Trustworthiness

Charles Green, author of a series of books that have long been a favorite of mine,  I own them all, discussed in  a past podcast with me the trustworthiness and who is the most trusted professional. Can you guess before reading below? Related Podcast and Transcription: The Trust Equation (A copy of Charles’ books are Read More …

Peak Learning Mind Map

Looking through my Accelerated Learning information, I ran across an old favorite of mine, Peak Learning.   This work is based on the Accelerated Learning trend of the 90’s. I appreciate so much of that work since it is laid out base largely on the learning style of the individual versus on the way we Read More …

Focused Performance

Jump start your 2015 business planning. Russell Martin & Associates has created The Focused Performance Bundle. The package includes everything you need to facilitate the planning sessions with your team.  Once you know where you want to go and where you don’t want to go in 2015, start brainstorming initiatives that will take you there.  Read More …

Forming a Quality Group

This is the last in series of interviews that I had with Bob Petruska of Sustain Lean Consulting. We have covered subjects from Trystoming to Value Stream Mapping. A complete list: Production Improvement: Crank it up and Go Faster Training 201: Training other People? TryStorming instead of BrainStorming? The Original Pizza Game at AME Jacksonville Read More …

Hoshin Kanri Overview

I asked Anthony Manos is a Catalyst with Profero, Inc. to give me a quick overview of Hoshin Kanri and his comments are below. Related Podcast and Transcription: Using Hoshin Kanri Anthony Manos:  Absolutely. I mentioned a couple of things like doing the pre-work, priming the pump of understanding what’s going on in the environmental Read More …