If we find the constraint what is the first thing we want to do, fix it. That’s our natural tendency. Many of us have learned to go through the Theory of Constraint Five Focusing Steps: Identify the system’s constraint. Decide how to exploit the system’s constraint. Subordinate everything else to the above decisions. Elevate the Read More …
I have to admit, I was always and still am a Scooby Doo fan. Those famous words “Scooby Doo – Where are you” still bring a smile to my face. Where are you…in marketing circles seldom do I win a lot points by asking that question. Where are You? Defining your current marketing state can Read More …
What keeps your attention? As a small business owner do you find yourself struggling to stay on top of your marketing, always something else to do? I would recommend to establish an effective marketing program that you create a game out of it. Creating a visual process with your Marketing Kanban can effectively do that Read More …
Created a short e-book on Mistake Proofing your Marketing by using the Lean tool of Poka-Yoke. The e-book is not meant to be a complete diagram of Poka-Yoke but an alternative approach to help facilitate and create some additional ideas on how to improve your marketing. The download is no longer available. Related Posts: Agile, Read More …
The need for a high failure rate is in direct contradiction to many of my conversations. It is also against most people’s approach of trying to do everything right the first time. I was reviewing one of Donald Reinertsen older books, Managing the Design Factory. Reinertsen is simply a great author that takes what I Read More …
Do you think it is Scrum? Do you think it is Kanban? Do you think it is a Marketing Funnel? …or is it all three? Or maybe Agile? This is an empirical view of Value Stream Marketing. The drawing is reflective of a Scrum sprint. Scrum is an iterative, incremental framework for project management and Read More …