I’ve been thinking about spotting opportunities a lot this week. This started in the midst of a conversation with two friends one of whom has always been an entrepreneur (and has learned through more than a few skinned knees) how to spot, unearth, and sometimes precipitate possibilities for her business. The other, Dale Keshesian, of…
If there was ever a demand for innovative solutions and approaches to restructuring businesses, it is now. Bella Englebach is a Lean Thinker who spent 18 years with Johnson & Johnson in R&D, business improvement, and IT implementation. She honed her skills in lean thinking, people-centered improvement, and training teams to gain productivity. She recognized…
We’re getting spoiled by technology and lured by the efficiencies it offers us. Even worse, we are lulled into thinking that we can omit some of the traditional ways we communicated with customers before our lives became so busy. I’m sure I’m preaching to the choir here, but just in case I’m not, I thought…