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Dan Jones is a management thought leader and advisor on applying lean, process thinking to every type of business across the world. He is the founding Chairman of the Lean Enterprise Academy www.leanuk.org in the UK, dedicated to pushing forward the frontiers of lean thinking and helping others with its implementation. He is also the co-author of the original books on Lean, The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production and Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation, Revised and Updated.   His new book, The Lean Strategy: Using Lean to Create Competitive Advantage, Unleash Innovation, and Deliver Sustainable Growth is outstanding. I enjoyed reading it and putting it to use. In typical Dan Jones fashion, the podcast delivered some great insight.   Business901 iTunes Store   Mobile Version   New Accessibility for the Business901 Podcast

Victor Fey, a TRIZ Master and a close associate of Genrikh Altshuller, the founder of TRIZ, has over 35 years’ experience in TRIZ research, training, and application. Since The TRIZ Group’s inception in 1995, Victor has collected more than two decades of consulting experience serving the Global 1000. In this innovation consulting capacity, Victor’s work has ranged the gamut from teaching, coaching and consulting, to facilitating and leading cross-functional teams in delivering critical breakthrough product and technology solutions. Victor co-authored the book, Innovation on Demand: New Product Development Using TRIZ.   The TRIZ Group, LLC provides technical innovative solutions and training in TRIZ-based breakthrough concept development. We bring together a unique combination of value-added solutions, training and expertise that have helped our clients reach and maintain competitive superiority. As a direct consequence of our collaborative efforts, our clients have resolved their most vexing technological problems, filed for and obtained numerous patents, implemented breakthrough solutions, and introduced new products to the market.   Business901 iTunes Store   Mobile Version   New Accessibility for the Business901 Podcast

Willemien Brand has turned her passion for drawing and design into her life’s work. She graduated with distinction from the prestigious Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands and enjoyed an award-winning career as an industrial designer with ATAG    Keukentechniek before setting up the successful design studios Buro BRAND and BRAND Business. To be able to help other people unleash their creativity and use it to achieve better results in their work gives her joy and renews her passion for drawing.   Now she shares this passion with companies throughout the world as one of the leading figures in the visual communication revolution. In the podcast, we discussed Willemien's new book, Visual Thinking: Empowering People & Organizations Through Visual Collaboration.   Business901 iTunes Store   Mobile Version   New Accessibility for the Business901 Podcast  

Grow Your Veteran-Hiring Initiative Because it Makes Sense   If you are at SHRM this week check out Lida's Presentation   Lida Citroen is an international branding and reputation management expert who designs and enhances the identities of companies, executives, and professionals. Her company, LIDA360 specializes in reputation management, offering global clients comprehensive integrated branding, marketing, and communication solutions.   Her Latest book, Engaging With Veteran Talent is a powerful reference for employers seeking to source, hire, onboard and develop Veteran talent. By the year 2023, estimates indicate that 3.5 million Veterans will be active in the civilian workforce. Savvy employers are planning the programs to attract and capture the contributions of this valuable employee base Business901 iTunes Store   Mobile Version   New Accessibility for the Business901 Podcast

Karen Gadd has worked on nothing but TRIZ since discovering and learning its power to give us all the routes, to all the solutions, to all problems. In 1998 Karen started Oxford Creativity to concentrate on developing simple and practical TRIZ problem solving for the European market. Karen's book TRIZ for Engineers: Enabling Inventive Problem Solving published by WileyBlackwell in 2011, has now been translated into Korean, German, and Hebrew. If you are new to TRIZ, Karen's daughter, Lilly published a Dummies book last year called, of course, TRIZ for Dummies.   Recently, I have intended several of the workshop offered by Oxford Creativity and found them presented well and at a good pace. I am finding the principles of TRIZ to coincide very well with current day practices of innovation. It is striking similar to some of the other processes in innovation like the JOBS-to-be-Done work of Tony Ulwick. Both are good examples of what the rigor of a process can accomplish.    Business901 iTunes Store   Mobile Version   New Accessibility for the Business901 Podcast

Bernadette Jiwa thinks it might come from Hunch which also happens to be the name of her new book; Hunch: Turn Your Everyday Insights Into The Next Big Thing. Filled with success stories, reflection exercises, and writing prompts, Hunch is the indispensable guide to embracing your unique potential and discovering your own winning ideas.   Bernadette has written a number of successful books and most are short, actionable and to the point.   All of the Amazon Links: http://amzn.to/2hgg9iuMeaningful: The Story of Ideas that FlyMarketing: A Love Story: How to Matter to Your CustomersDifference: The one-page method for reimagining your business and reinventing your marketingMake Your Idea Matter: Stand out with a better storyThe Fortune Cookie Principle: The 20 keys to a great brand story and why your business needs one.   Enjoy the podcast!    Business901 iTunes Store   Mobile Version   New Accessibility for the Business901 Podcast

Tim Lewko is the CEO and Managing Partner of Thinking Dimensions Global (TDG) and managing director of the global strategy practice. He works primarily with senior leaders of private equity, Fortune 1000 and multi-national businesses to impact sustainable strategic growth and profitability challenges. In his 15 years of international experience, he has had the unique opportunity to assist over 35 CEO’s and Managing Directors across four continents with their strategic transformational issues.   Tim just recently wrote a new book, Making Big Decisions Better: How to Set and Simplify Business Strategy that explains the barebone elements that must underpin strategic decision making in a practical framework that C-Suite leaders can actually use.   Business901 iTunes Store   Mobile Version   New Accessibility for the Business901 Podcast

Dimitar Karaivanov, CEO and Co-founder of Kanbanize, thinks that you can do better. Dimitar is a Lean-thinker and a Kanban practitioner with a background in the areas of software development and process improvement. Through the success of his company, he has proven that Kanban can be used for product development and not just change management activities. He is passionate about achieving extreme performance at scale and applying Lean / Kanban outside IT.   His Lean Software Development with Kanban book is available free of charge on his website. In it learn how Kanbanize managed to achieve a 300% efficiency improvement of our software development processes in this detailed case study. It is located towards the bottom of the page.   Business901 iTunes Store   Mobile Version   New Accessibility for the Business901 Podcast  

Michael Bungay Stanier is the Senior Partner of Box of Crayons, a company that helps organizations do less Good Work and more Great Work. He has written a number of books. His latest,  The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever. helps to teach managers how to make coaching part of their everyday job.  In  it, he drills down on 7 essential questions and as Michael says, “ to demonstrate how—by saying less and asking more–you can develop coaching methods that produce great results.”   I have written about and recommended this book since the outset of this publication, August 2016. If you want ideas of how I utilize this material check out these blog posts, And What Else? – Michael Bungay Stanier and The Best Sales Question is not Why, it is What.  However, I encourage you to listen to the podcast first for some great insight on The Coaching Habit.   P.S. If you are a Kata practitioner this material needs to be in your library. I own both the Kindle and Audible versions.   Business901 iTunes Store   Mobile Version   New Accessibility for the Business901 Podcast

The Strategic Leader's Roadmap: 6 Steps for Integrating Leadership and Strategy delves into the main principles of strategy and of leadership breaking them into six main components. The authors explain how to put these six components into practice through a set of action items blended with case studies. Both of the authors participated in the podcast.    Harbir Singh is Mack Professor of Management, Co-Director of the Mack Institute for Innovation Management, and Vice Dean for Global Initiatives, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. His research and teaching interests include corporate governance, corporate restructuring, joint ventures, management buyouts, and strategies for corporate acquisitions.   Michael Useem is Egan Professor of Management, Faculty Director of the McNulty Leadership Program, and Director of the Center for Leadership and Change Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. His research and teaching interests include corporate governance, risk management, decision making, organizational leadership, and change management.    This was previously published as a video series.   Business901 iTunes Store   Mobile Version   New Accessibility for the Business901 Podcast

A special collection of Business901 podcasts on the subject of conversations. The collection totals over four hours and the guests are listed in the order of appearance.     Joe McCormack is on a mission to help organizations master the art of the short story. In an age of shrinking attention spans, non-stop interruptions, floods of information, the messages business leaders send out are getting lost in a sea of words. His new book, Brief: Make a Bigger Impact by Saying Less (Wiley & Sons, 2014) tackles the timeliness of the “less is more” mandate.   Dialogue MappingTM with KC Burgess Yakemovic of Cognexus Group.  KC has over 25 years of experience capturing and using decision-making rationale within both the corporate and small business environments. She worked with Jeff Conklin (author of Dialogue Mapping: Building Shared Understanding of Wicked Problems) during his early research on the technology needed to support the IBIS methodology in the “real world.”   Since January 2011, KC has been the Director of Training at CogNexus.   Tom MacKay is the founder of MacKay Solutions. Tom first trained as a psychologist and in NLP in 1990 and since then  has become one of the most respected NLP  trainers in the UK. Tom is a Master Trainer of NLP, the highest level that can  be attained, and is the only INLPTA Master Coach Trainer in the UK. He has appeared on television on the BBC show “Pay Off Your  Mortgage” and recently filmed a pilot show on family dynamics.   The Process Communication Model (PCM) was developed by Dr. Taibi Kahler, and Judy and Joe Pauley have been teaching and implementing this model for over twenty years. Their website for more information is Kahler Communication.   Steve Portigal. author of Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights, is the founder of  Portigal Consulting. Steve was my guest on the Business901 podcast, Uncovering Compelling Insights.   Dr. Reldan, “Relly,” Nadler is a leading psychologist and Executive Coach focusing on developing and providing cutting edge Emotional Intelligence tools and strategies for CEO’s, Executives, leaders, managers and their organizations and teams.  His newest book, Leading with Emotional Intelligence, gives hands-on solutions to become these problems and more.   Eli Schrangenheim has been part of the Theory of Constraints movement practically from the beginning. He started working with Dr. Goldratt as a programmer to program a game for adults that would teach them how to think over 25 years ago. He is the author of Management Dilemmas: The Theory of Constraints Approach to Problem Identification and Solutions.     In Russ Unger’s new book Designing the Conversation: Techniques for Successful Facilitation (Voices That Matter) he discusses the ability to communicate and the practice of setting up the conversation to make them productive.   Craig Weber is the founder of The Weber Consulting Group, an alliance of experts committed to helping organizations and teams build their capacity for engaging tough, wicked, adaptive challenges. He’s consulted to an expansive roster of world-class clients, helping them improve their performance by treating dialogue as a discipline. His unique work is outlined in his ground-breaking book, Conversational Capacity: The Secret to Building Successful Teams That Perform When the Pressure Is On.   Business901 iTunes Store   Mobile Version   New Accessibility for the Business901 Podcast

According to Andy Molinsky, an expert on behavior in the business world, there are five key challenges underlying our avoidance tendencies: authenticity, competence, resentment, likability and morality. Does the new behavior you’re attempting feel authentic to you? Is it the right thing to do? Answering these questions will help identify the “gap” in our behavioral style that we can then bridge by using the three Cs: Clarity, Conviction, and Customization. Perhaps most interesting, Molinsky has discovered that many people who confront what they were avoiding come to realize that they actually enjoy it, and can even be good at it.    Andy is the author of the new book, Reach: A New Strategy to Help You Step Outside Your Comfort Zone, Rise to the Challenge, and Build Confidence.   Business901 iTunes Store   Mobile Version   New Accessibility for the Business901 Podcast

Dr. Deming, Peter Scholtes, Brian Joiner, Peter Drucker, Joseph Juran, Dr. Deming   A special collection of Business901 podcasts that featured subject matter experts on the people above and with a special appearance by Brian Joiner. These are some of my all-time favorite podcasts. The collection totals just over three hours and the guests are listed in the order of appearance.   I interviewed Dr. Joyce Orsini, a professor at Fordham University and president of the W. Edwards Deming Institute and Kevin Cahill, the Executive Director of the Institute. Dr. Orsini has also recently authored the book, The Essential Deming: Leadership Principles from the Father of Quality and Kevin is the grandson of Dr. Deming. The W. Edwards Deming Institute® was founded by Dr. Deming in 1993 to provide educational services related to his theories and teachings. The aim of The W. Edwards Deming Institute is to foster understanding of The Deming System of Profound Knowledge® to advance commerce, prosperity, and peace.   Kelly Allan Associates, Ltd. has been the point of contact for consulting and speaking on Peter’s behalf since 2000. From 1987 to 1993, Peter Scholtes shared the platform with W. Edwards Deming, helping to educate corporations about the new philosophy of the Quality movement. He was one of the first to synthesize the principles of the organizational development field with the teachings of Dr. Deming. When Peter Scholtes retired from conducting seminars and consulting, he asked Kelly to continue his work. After five years of doing this, Peter wrote a note of thanks and admiration to Kelly for his efforts, which I highly recommend that you take a look at and read. Kelly also serves on the advisory council of The W. Edwards Deming Institute.   The Business Development Director of the Drucker Institute, Peter Gandolfo, joined me on the podcast to discuss Peter Drucker and the future of the institute. I think you will be quite surprised at how the Peter Drucker’s Legacy is evolving.   The Juran’s Quality Handbook: The Complete Guide to Performance Excellence 6/e  was co-authored by Joe DeFeo and the late Dr. Joseph M. Juran. This authoritative resource shows how to apply universal methods for delivering superior results and organizational excellence in any organization, industry, country or process.   John Hunter authors the Deming Blog where he explores Deming’s ideas on management by examining his works and exploring how the ideas are being applied in organizations today. While he was alive Deming continued to learn and add to his management philosophy. The blog attempts to hold true to his ideas while also looking at how those ideas have been, and are being, extended and implemented. John combines technology with management expertise to improve the performance of organizations. He has served as an information technology program manager for the American Society for Engineering Education, the Office of Secretary of Defense Quality Management Office and the White House Military Office. He has authored the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog for years.   Business901 iTunes Store   Mobile Version   New Accessibility for the Business901 Podcast

The definitive playbook by the pioneers of Growth Hacking   This podcast is packed with actionable advice as only Sean Ellis can deliver.    Sean Ellis is CEO and founder of GrowthHackers.com, the number one online community for GrowthHackers with 1.8 million global users. Sean coined the term "growth hacker" in 2010 and is the producer of the GrowthHackers Conference. Prior to GrowthHackers, Sean founded and sold customer insights company Qualaroo, growing it to millions of dollars in recurring revenue with customers such as Starbucks, Amazon and Intuit. He has also led growth or marketing for Dropbox, Eventbrite, LogMeIn (IPO), Uproar (IPO) and Lookout.   Sean's new book Hacking Growth: How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success does for market-share growth what Lean Start-Up did for product development, and Scrum did for productivity. It involves cross-functional teams and rapid-tempo testing and iteration that focuses customers: attaining them, retaining them, engaging them, and motivating them to come back and buy more.     Business901 iTunes Store   Mobile Version   New Accessibility for the Business901 Podcast

Michael Papanek is principal and founder of Michael Papanek Consulting.  He has over 30 years of expertise leading successful large scale change initiatives and increasing the performance of people and organizations and complex competitive markets Michaels new book From Breakdown to Breakthrough is about forging resilient business relationships in the heat of change.   Business901 iTunes Store   Mobile Version   New Accessibility for the Business901 Podcast