Podcast of the Year, A3 Problem Solving

Tracey Richardson, president of Teaching Lean Inc. discussed A3 Thinking and Lean Problem Solving last May on the Business901 podcast and easily outdistance everyone else. If you listened to it only once, it is well worth listening to it a 2nd time. I was so impressed with the interview that I participated in her A3 Read More …

How long should your meeting be?

Have you always wondered why your problem solving meetings failed before they even started? How do you calculate the actual time that you need or do you just do it from experience or maybe just pick the time slot available? Most Continuous Improvement, Lean experts know the answer but I am not sure that they Read More …

Create a Great Workplace eBook

Ed Muzio, president and CEO of Group Harmonics was my guest on the Business901 Podcast. This is a transcription of the podcast, Creating a Great Workplace. We had a great discussion on his new book,  Make Work Great: Super Charge Your Team, Reinvent the Culture, and Gain Influence One Person at a Time. He is Read More …

How to have a 22–minute Meeting

Great 5 minute video – Lots of fun! Found it via @MindEdgeOnline on Twitter. Meetings can be a huge productivity & time suck. So what if you took out all of the stupid, wasteful stuff and left only the useful parts? Nicole Steinbok explains how to do just that in 9 easy steps. The Poster Read More …

Creating a Great Workplace

Ed Muzio, president and CEO of Group Harmonics was my guest on the Business901 Podcast. We had a great discussion on his new book,  Make Work Great: Super Charge Your Team, Reinvent the Culture, and Gain Influence One Person at a Time. He is a leader in the application of analytical models to group effectiveness Read More …

Lean and Agile Stories eBook

This eBook is a transcription of the podcast, Stories of Lean and Agile with Claudio Perrone, aka Agile Sensei. Our podcast was a collection of his thoughts on the use of Agile and Kanban and his work in the development of presentations such as Crafting your Storyboard and The Rise of the Lean Machine Storybook. Read More …