Lean Marketing Lab Opens!

The virtual world of the Lean Marketing Lab will open its doors (gateway) on Monday. November 21, 2011. This online community has been created to further the cause of bringing continuous improvement to the sales and marketing community. The foundational work is in Lean but you will find a flavor of Service Design and Design Read More …

In your Organization, who is responsible for Demand?

Adrian Slywotzky is a consultant and author of several books on economic theory and management. He is best known for his work on profitability and growth, and for pioneering the concept of business design and business model innovation. Slywotzky’s has been a favorite author of mine and his books include Value Migration and The Profit Read More …

The SDCA Cycle Description for a Lean Engagement Team

This presentation is an overview on how to implement SDCA (Plan – Do – Check – Act) in the field of Lean Sales and Marketing. It  includes an outline for standard work of this cycle and an embedded video with Dr. Michael Balle, the Gemba Coach at the Lean Enterprise discussing Standard work in a Read More …

The PDCA Cycle Description for a Lean Engagement Team

This presentation is an overview on how to implement PDCA (Plan – Do – Check – Act) in the field of Lean Sales and Marketing. It  includes an outline for standard work of that cycle and an embedded video with Dr. Michael Balle, the Gemba Coach at the Lean Enterprise discussing the Power of Check Read More …

The EDCA Cycle Description for a Lean Engagement Team

This presentation is an overview on how to implement EDCA (Explore – Do – Check – Act) in the field of Lean Sales and Marketing. It  includes an outline for standard work, an embedded video that discusses the book, This is Service Design Thinking: Basics – Tools – Cases and reference to another book, , Read More …

Using an Integrated approach of Lean, Six Sigma, and TOC to deliver results in Healthcare

Bahadir Inozu, Ph.D., the Chief Executive Officer and Dan Chauncey, the Director of Deployment Services for NOVACES joined me in this podcast to discuss an integrated approach for using three industrially based methods, Lean, Six Sigma, and Constraints Management to transform hospital operations. They have just published a book, Performance Improvement for Healthcare that explains Read More …