Agile Community Discussion

Related Podcasts: Bustamante on Agile Communities, 1 of 2 and Bustamante on Agile Communities, 2 of 2 An activist in the Agile Communities, Alan Bustamante plays a leadership role within Agile Cincinnati; as well as, speaking at conferences and professional groups across the planet. Xcelerate Partners is a technology consulting firm focused on helping organizations rapidly deliver high-quality software products Read More …

How does Organizational Agile Look

Every organization is Agile these days. You kind of eluded to it there before in our conversation. How has that affected your work or other parts of the organization are saying, we all need to have daily stand-ups. Are they taking the tools and maybe not some of that real Agile spirit? – Joe Dager Read More …

Empowering Operations

This discussion centered around Shawn Casemore’s new book, Operational Empowerment: Collaborate, Innovate, and Engage to Beat the Competition. Shawn  is a consultant, speaker, and author investing significant time studying top performing organizations around the world, Related Podcast: Empowering Ops to Beat the Competition Download PDF Transcription Note: This is a transcription of an interview. It has not Read More …

Discussion on Orlicky’s Material Requirements Planning

Carol Ptak and Chad Smith are the co-author of the new Orlicky’s Material Requirements Planning 3/E. A fully revised and updated edition of the landmark work on material requirements planning (MRP), Orlicky’s Material Requirements Planning, Third Edition focuses on the new rules required to effectively support a manufacturing operation using MRP systems in the twenty-first Read More …

Becoming Best in Your Market

Dr. Eric Reidenbach is the Director of the Six Sigma Marketing Institute. The Institute is one of the leading organizations and authorities of Six Sigma Marketing, a fact-based, disciplined approach to growing market share in targeted product/markets by providing superior value. Dr. Reidenbach is the author of over 20 books on marketing and market research. Read More …

Team Engagement in a Complex World

I just recently read the book Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley McChrystal that described the transition of the command and control style of management to the more adaptive approach that I have found successful in working with teams. Though I read the Kindle version,  the book Read More …