Can you become Lean without Sales on Board

I am not sure that Lean will ever work within a company unless sales and marketing are on board. In fact, why start with production if we want to look from the customer’s eyes. Would it be tainted if we did not lean sales and marketing first? Have you ever won a large order and Read More …

Be Different or Be Dead Author Roy Osing Interviewed

My podcast next week will feature Roy Osing, the author of Be Different or Be Dead, Your Business Survival Guide. This is a little different, no pun attended, from my regular podcast but differentiation is a key term in my upcoming blogs so for me it was very appropriate and timely. Lance Henderson of the Read More …

Be Productive, Be Visual Ebook

Dr. Gwendolyn D. Galsworth is an educator, implementer, and a researcher with more than 25 years in the field of Workplace Visuality. Considered by many a leading visual expert, Dr. Galsworth is the author of a number of books on organizational improvement and workplace visuality, including Visual Workplace/Visual Thinking, recipient of the Shingo Prize for Read More …

Why Do You Market the Way You Do?

Have you ever questioned the assumptions that inspire your marketing? Have you asked yourself whether there is a better way to make your marketing more effective? I believe there is a tremendous amount that marketers can learn from Lean Development process. Dr. Robert Charente of ITABHI Corporation developed the principles of lean development (LD) in Read More …

Using Lean in Professional Services

Dr. Sami Bahri was my guest on the Business901 podcast. He delivered a message that all professionals should listen too. While 33% of most Dentist practices are shrinking in today’s marketplace, Dr. Bahri’s is expanding. Dr Sami Bahri, DDS runs a private dental practice in Jacksonville, Florida. The practice has three general dentists, one orthodontist, Read More …