Today’s work is messy. So, why do we spend so much time defining and trying to reach the finish line? Why don’t we paint the vision, and achieve 90% (for a placeholder) of it, and start a new iteration? Are we hung up too much on outcomes? Alan Cooper said in a recent talk at Read More …
Is your Coaching Kata creating Feed Forward Feedback? In the practice of Kata, the coach attempts to provide feedback that feeds forward. It is not an attempt to be critical of past performance but more so of addressing what needs to be done next. In the book Learning Targets (http://amzn.to/2Fn4sBZ ) by Moss and Brookhart Read More …
The fourth annual Kata Summit on February 22-23 is the opportunity for you to connect and learn with the rapidly growing world of Improvement Kata and Coaching Kata practitioners. There’s a great lineup of speakers, exercises, and deep-dive sessions, including Mike Rother.The host of the summit is Lean Frontiers and you can find out more at http://katasummit.com/. The Read More …
How much does luck play into it? Your thoughts on LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/2w63oxK One of the things that I think Kata-type thinking promotes is the ability to make small bets (PDCA) along the journey towards the target condition. I use this in my sales and marketing approach as I believe marketing is little more than an Read More …
How do you incorporate Lean into your strategic thinking? In Sales and Marketing, I use a process very similar to The Balanced Scorecard for a visual indicator to make sure that I am doing a little “Lean” in each category. The percentage of each depends on the individual company. Join the conversation on LinkedIn What questions Read More …
Author David Wilkinson, drawing upon his own research and including compelling international cases, reveals how to lead others through times of uncertainty so as to create opportunity, innovation, and competitive advantage. The book, The Ambiguity Advantage: What Great Leaders are Great At published by Palgrave Macmillan, shows that a key factor for great leadership is Read More …