Introducing the Lean Culture Model, an alternative to the Star Model

I have been thinking a lot about the Star Model lately. It’s something I have been exposed to in the past, but given my more recent education in lean and innovation principles I have been able to view it through…

I have a gun, and I know how to use it!

You’ve likely heard the old movie trope that goes something like, “I have a X and I know how to use it,” or “I have a X and I’m not afraid to use it”. It has been used thousands of times in many ways and permutations; I tracked it back to the 1959 movie, “The…

Don’t Future Proof with Mediocrity

I was exposed to an interesting notion the other day. In corporate IT, future proofing is really important to sustain value in the products and services you deploy and manage. But in hearing someone explain how they go about future proofing their solutions it really…

Defining Innovation

Over a year ago I set out to define innovation for myself and my company. Today I write this with so much knowledge gained around the subject, and I’m going to skip right to the good stuff.

Throw the Dart

You don’t get good at darts by holding on to a dart, analyzing it’s form, composition, weight, learning about it’s history, the dart production, packaging and distribution process, showing the dart to friends and dart enthusiasts and philosophizing about how it works and how it will fly when it is…

4 Reasons to Bring Digital In-House

Digital is a buzzword. One that even if it doesn’t stick, its definition will carry-on through whatever new terms we conjure up. It is the medium that makes up the experiences we consume through technology, the web, apps, etc.

Building a Hatchery

I hear the phrase, “let’s learn to fish” or “let’s teach ourselves to fish” a lot in the business setting. It makes sense, as the alternative scenario that completes the analogy would be buying fish one at a time — I’m not sure people are so generous when it comes to business that they’re…

Architecting Systems for Longevity and Flexibility

The growth of technology is accelerating.

Personally I love it, but when it comes to solving problems with technology, this acceleration throws a big wrench into things. What I mean is, if you need to solve a…

Dealing with Evolving Business and Strategic Needs

If you run a business, or are a smaller part of the whole, your job is to fulfill needs. These needs take on many broad shapes, though I’m sure it’s easy to identify the ones that haunt impact you every day. In order to fulfill these needs…