These are short posts that primarily consists of links to podcasts, webinars, and other content I’ve contributed to other sites… and other projects and things I want to basically just link to instead of writing a long post.
I was incredibly saddened today to hear that Norman Bodek passed away yesterday in Japan, where he had recently moved with his wife, Noriko. Norman was 88. This was announced through an email from Norman’s company, PCS Press, and I…
My Favorite Mistake is a learning from mistakes podcast created for leaders who want to grow without blame. Each episode features honest conversations with business leaders reflecting on a professional mistake–and what they learned from it. The goal isn’t confession…
TL;DR: Gordon Deal and Mark Graban discuss why leaders overreact to routine ups and downs in metrics-and how Process Behavior Charts help filter noise, identify real signals, and improve decisions without wasted effort or stress. Why Leaders Overreact to Metrics…
OK, sorry to do one more blog post about my book… but it’s a very exciting day in that the paperback version of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More is now available for purchase through Amazon.com! You…
Eric Ries and Lean Startup Co. have been really helpful friends in spreading the message about "Process Behavior Charts" in their community. They invited me to give a talk at last year's Lean Startup Week and Eric was kind enough to endorse my book Measures of Success (paperback coming soon - get notified or pre-order)...
Recently, they invited me to be a guest for their webcast series, where Marilyn Gorman asked me questions about my book and the Process Behavior Chart methodology. It was a challenge to talk about this visual method without slides and charts, so I did my best to create air charts with finger gestures :-)
Thanks to editor Roberto Priolo and "Planet Lean," the online publication of the Lean Global Network for hosting this discussion about author Michael Ballé about my book Measures of Success.
"Metrics Matter"
I’m happy to announce that my latest book, Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, is completed! That means I was able to release it in the Amazon Kindle Store, which is probably the easiest way for most people…
I'm still working on my book Measures of Success, as I've mentioned here a few times.
The partial "in-progress" book is available through LeanPub.com. Or, when it's done, it will also be available through the Amazon Kindle bookstore and I will probably also produce a paperback version.
My goal is to have the book done by the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit in mid-June (hope to see you there at the Summit and/or my workshop on these topics).
Here is a recorded webinar that I did for my friend Mike Stoecklein and his organization, the Institute for Excellence (IEX).
The team at KaiNexus has asked me to talk about a topic that's near and dear to me... the need to engage everybody in bottom-up improvement. Why do we find "strength in numbers" when we engage everybody? See this post for info about how to register.
Check out the archive of a webinar, co-presented with Steve Thompson of Cardinal Health, on June 20...
I was honored that Daniel Lock Consulting asked for my thoughts on change management, which they included in this article alongside those of the esteemed John Kotter and others. Check it out: 13 Change Management Experts Share their 3 tips on implementing…
I helped present a webinar with Dr. Greg Jacobson, the CEO and co-founder of KaiNexus on Tuesday May 16: Taking Improvement Boards Digital: How Leading Companies are Improving Visual Management We just posted a 7-minute podcast preview of the topics we’ll…
