Jim Benson, author of a Personal Kanban made the following quote the other day which I found very interesting and posted it to my LinkedIn profile. A system that is not malleable, is brittle. A process which cannot adapt to context, is waste. One size does not fit all. Terry Barnhart, a former podcast guest Read More …
How many times have you been approached to match a price after working diligently to provide a solution? You may have incurred design, engineering, sourcing and/or many other soft assets in the engagement that are typically built into the price of the product. You lose this job many times because a competitor has swooped in Read More …
Jim (“Cope”) Coplien was my guest on the Business901 podcast, Why Architecture is needed even in Agile? We discussed his new book,Lean Architecture: for Agile Software Development but I found Cope’s view on Lean and Agile quite interesting. Even if you listened to the podcast, this transcription is worth a look. His thoughts on “Japanese Read More …
In the sales and marketing process we have always stayed away from a process. Things were just not consistent enough to enable us to install a process. Very few people take on the challenge of bringing continuous improvement to sales and marketing and one of the reasons it is so difficult is that sales always Read More …
Patty Beidleman has used Personal Kanban in almost every instance that she could think of since first coming across it last in August of ’09. From using it with her 11 year old daughter, at the nonprofit she founded and to using it in a preschool classroom. Patty even has developed her own kit for Read More …
When most organizations think about their value proposition, they think about the tangible benefits that the organization offers or how much better they are in a certain area versus the competition. It might even include their history, technical expertise, latest technology, commitment to customers, etc. In the book, Strategy from the Outside In: Profiting from Read More …