Podcast #161 – Steve Bell, Author of ‘Lean IT’ on Agile, Scrum, and Lean Startup – ‘Run, Grow, Transform’

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Steve Bell, author (most recently) of the book Run Grow Transform: Integrating Business and Lean IT  is my guest for episode #161 of my podcast series. Steve is a fellow faculty member for the Lean Enterprise Institute and he is also a founder of Lean4NGO.org,  working with non-profits in the developing world.

He is also founder of Lean IT Strategies, LLC, coaching IT professionals as they partner with their business colleagues to meet the challenges and exploit the opportunities in the rapidly changing, technology-enabled business landscape.

In this episode, Steve talks about:

  • Why “Lean Thinking” is important in IT
  • What is “Lean IT,” including some success stories
  • How do agile, scrum, Lean IT, and Lean Startups fit together?
  • His upcoming LEI workshop in San Francisco this February
  • Lean4NGO initiative

Steve's Other Books:

For a link to this episode, refer people to www.leanblog.org/161.

For earlier episodes, visit the main Podcast page, which includes information on how to subscribe via RSS or via Apple Podcasts.

If you have feedback on the podcast, or any questions for me or my guests, you can email me at leanpodcast@gmail.com or you can call and leave a voicemail by calling the “Lean Line” at (817) 993-0630 or contact me via Skype id “mgraban”. Please give your location and your first name. Any comments (email or voicemail) might be used in follow ups to the podcast.


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Mark Graban
Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker, and podcaster with experience in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups. Mark's new book is The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation. He is also the author of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, the Shingo Award-winning books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, and the anthology Practicing Lean. Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.

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  1. Mark – thank you for pointing out this particular podcast. The commentary from Steve has helped me begin to sort out how Lean’s relevance fits in with several other IT management ideologies. I really do appreciate Steve articulating the difference in IT Ops vs. IT Development, thus a need to apply different approaches to each. Cheers!

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