Continuous Improvement for an Imagineer

All the continuous improvement people will enjoy the last tier of the pyramid, which is only one block and it’s called Plussing. Did it just work out that way, as the last block left? How did Plussing end up the king of the mountain? -Joe  Lou Prosperi: Well, I think there’re two answers there. The Read More …

Onboarding Your SaaS Subscribers

Does your SaaS product/service sell itself in your subscription based service? Or maybe, it is something more towards a membership style of arrangement?  Either way, there are a lot of lessons to be learned from the art of onboarding employees for most SaaS models. When we look at successful onboarding programs they typical address four Read More …

Change Management in Healthcare

Todd Sperl book, Practical Lean Six Sigma for Healthcare – Using the A3 and Lean Thinking to Improve Operational Performance in Hospitals, Clinics, and Physician Group Practices. bring a unique perspective to his work with healthcare organizations, as they navigate the challenges of today and prepare for the unknowns of tomorrow. He has introduced thousands of Read More …

Need to be Good at the Job You Manage?

Joe: When I think of coaching, I kind of think of someone that has done that job before, that he knows how to do the job. And I see that in a lot of different areas and so forth. Do we need to make the investment in time and personnel to be able to do Read More …

Keeping Your Company Fit

Dan Markovitz helps organizations become faster, stronger, and more agile through the application of Lean Principles to knowledge work. He has worked with non-profit and governmental organizations, is a popular speaker and presenter, and a Shingo Prize Winner for his book, A Factory of One: Applying Lean Principles to Banish Waste and Improve Your Personal Performance.  Read More …

Interpreting Data

Kaiser Fung is a statistician with more than a decade of experience in applying statistical methods to unlocking the relationship between advertising and customer behaviors. His blog, “Junk Charts,” pioneered the genre of critically examining data and graphics in the mass media. He is an adjunct professor at New York University where he teaches practical Read More …