Have you heard about anti-fragility?

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 …

Lean Software and Systems Consortium 2011 Overview

The Lean Software and Systems Consortium (www.LeanSSC.org) is proud to present Lean Software & Systems Conference 2011 (LSSC11) is featuring an outstanding lineup of speakers, open space sessions, networking and social events, May 3-6, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach, CA.  Keynote speakers Chet Richards Author of Certain to Win: The Strategy of John Read More …

Using Agile in Management

This is a transcription of the Business901 Podcast, Should you Manage your Organization with Agile Techniques?. My guest was Steve Denning’s, author of the new book, The Leader’s Guide to Radical Management: Reinventing the Workplace for the 21st Century (Jossey-Bass, 2010). An excerpt from the podcast: Joe:  Software is a knowledge field. You can iterate Read More …

Ask not what sales can do for you..

In what ways can Sales and Marketing impede lean thinking? I saw that question on LinkedIn and just had to join the conversation. My thoughts: 1st Answer: We should applaud Sales and Marketing in most organizations for the fact that they remained a silo. Most organizations create internal control points within the organization and call Read More …

Could your Six Sigma Storyboard Compete?

A Six Sigma Storyboard provides a quick, visual summary of a team’s work. They are very well suited as presentation materials to highlight the work of the project, the improvements made and for executive overviews.  I think Six Sigma Storyboard presenters should take it up a notch. A DMAIC presentation can have a little Jazz Read More …