The Friday Video Series continues with Dr. Michael Balle, the Gemba Coach at the Lean Enterprise Institute. The next series of videos has a central theme of Kaizen. This particular video focuses on using individual Kaizen to empower others. How do you build trust in a business relationship? Dr. Balle is a multiple Shingo Prize Read More …
James Franz was my guest on the Business901 podcast and this is a transcription of the podcast. If you have been spending your time improving your processes and wondering why you are not getting the expected returns, this is for you. Jim is the co-author with Jeffrey K. Liker on the latest of the Toyota Read More …
Partnering with IWCC on customized Adult Learning programs At the upcoming Southwest Iowa Manufacturers Alliance for Quality program Steven Wilson of WCTS, Inc. will be discussing how partnering with IWCC on customized programs for Quality and Six-Sigma can provide dramatic results for your business. The program will be held from 9:30AM to 2:30PM on Tuesday, Read More …
Wouldn’t it be great to be able to connect all your marketing activities to their impact on sales revenue? Wouldn’t it be great to remove the guess work from putting your marketing plans together? Over the last 20 years, Guy Powell of demand ROMI has done just that in senior level sales & marketing across the Read More …
Today cooperation is replacing competition in more and more work situations. We are even seeing a rise in co-creating products with customers. Yet few of us have any training in cooperative thinking or group problem solving. Our typical introduction to teamwork is being picked to be part of a team. In Agile software development the Read More …
Start Small, Iterate a lot, Scale – that’s the advice from Peter Sims, the author of the new book Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries. When reading the book, you can’t help but think about Eric Ries of The Lean Startup fame. Eric characterizes his Little Bets with the description of the Read More …