by dcoviello1 | Feb 16, 2024 | Test
Lean Initiatives will never work unless you start with a strategy to eliminate wasteful management practices. Now don’t get scared, I’m not talking about chopping headcount! This is short sighted as a way to get financial gains, yet so many organizations engage in...
by dcoviello1 | Feb 15, 2024 | Test
PSA: Your Marketing Strategy is Not Working! I am so tired of the transactional based pitches on Linkedin. Gone are the days of networking from a place of curiosity and seeking to learn how we can help each other. How many of you are getting the pitch lately ofa)...
by dcoviello1 | Feb 9, 2024 | Test
This past weekend, I was supposed to lead a team to a bonspiel in Detroit (Barbara – 60ish, Deb 50ish, Julia 40ish, Krista 20-30ish). I’m sad to say, at the last minute I was very sick and had to find a sub for me as the captain (Skip) of the team....
by dcoviello1 | Feb 2, 2024 | Test
I could drop into a business blindfolded and identify the three barriers to having an Agile & Lean organization. Call me arrogant, but when I see the pattern repeat itself over and over again, I think CEOs need to take note of these blindspots. Too often their...
by dcoviello1 | Jan 24, 2024 | Test
Nothing is worse than settling into a meeting and watching a 50-page powerpoint that sucks the life out of you. Yet we continue the same behavior day after day until we realize this is absolutely insane. I’m not saying throw the baby out with the bathwater because we...
by dcoviello1 | Jan 17, 2024 | Test
Let me give it to you straight. No amount of operational efficiency you glean from a Lean Initiative is going to give you sustainable results without three fundamentals: Responsibility & Accountability Institutionalized Prioritization mastery Critical thinking and...
