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strategy

What’s the proper election rotation of board members, annual or classes?

11.01.2011

Bad boards have been in the news lately. The ongoing debacles at HP and Yahoo seem almost comical, to the point that you can literally imagine clowns running around in the board room. Of course, the easy thing for many people to assume is that they are just made up of bad people. This is [...]

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The Lean Strategy Video Series Summary

09.09.2011

I recently wrapped up a video series on Lean Strategy. I had a lot of offline comments about it, and I’m very glad people found it helpful. I also had plenty of online feedback, but this one from Kevin Meyer was probably my favorite: Not that you can’t find it on your own, but I [...]

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The Farmer and the Field [Guest Post]

07.20.2011

Guest Post: Donald Sweigart worked with “The Body Shop @” which developed the “Star-Link Certified” Lean business model improving Profitability, CSI, and Cycle Time in the Collision Repair Industry. This model is now licensed by a Fortune 100 in it’s Industry-wide Lean Training. His passion is implementing Lean solutions in industry. The long trek to [...]

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Prioritize to Finish, not to Start

07.11.2011

There’s a lot of focus on prioritization and rightly so. There are so many things I can get you distracted, not prioritizing can generate a great deal of waste. However, when individuals or organizations decide to prioritize, they often focus on the wrong factors. What everybody wants to prioritize our new projects or actions to [...]

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Lean Strategy: First, Understand the Current Condition

07.01.2011

In this next installment of the Lean Strategy video series, we will explore a bit about the early part of the strategy building process which is more about how do we gain the knowledge of the current reality, the situation, the market, the field, the technology, to build a good and sound strategy. Show Notes [...]

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Lean Strategy: Focus on the How

06.24.2011

In our continuing video series on Lean Strategy, I want to talk about the “how” of the strategy. Not the “how of strategy building” but the “how of strategy execution.” Show Notes and Approximate Time 00:27 : So often we talk about the “what we’re going to do with the strategy,” we don’t talk enough [...]

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Lean Strategy: The Role of Reflection

06.03.2011

In our continuing Strategy Friday video series on Lean Strategy, I explore how reflection as part of lean thinking can also be an integral part in building or planning your business strategy, as well as adjusting as you move along.. Show Notes and Approximate Time What is reflection: 0:20 Reflection is a core, concept, skill. [...]

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What is the purpose of waste elimination? And the natural law of gas

05.31.2011

Waste elimination seems pretty straightforward, right? Of course waste elimination is good, so why do we need a purpose? Because when we free up waste, most organizations don’t know what to do with it. To be clear about this, you first need to be clear about the strategic direction or vision for the organization. This [...]

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Lean Strategy: The Role of Ideal State Thinking

05.27.2011

In the second Friday Strategy session on Lean Strategy, I explore how we can incorporate and apply lean thinking, specifically the use of the ideal state, in building or developing your business strategy. Building the aspirational models of the ideal state for the business helps provide some direction and focus for the daily execution and [...]

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Forget the Annual Budget, “Let it Roll”

05.25.2011

I’m always perplexed and frustrated by the annual budgeting process. The waste I see it creating, even from outside organizations, is incredibly large. People start planning things financially before they have any idea of what to do. People postpone things that they shouldn’t because it’s not yet in the budget, or spend money they shouldn’t [...]

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