On the side...

• Social Media for Supporting Projects
  06/01/2009
  

  I did an interview with Bas de Baar via Skype video. We discussed how my company is using collaborative tools in support of our clients' projects. Enjoy!

• Pursuing an Elegant Foreword
  05/28/2009
  

  Did you catch the Foreword to In Pursuit of Elegance? Guy Kawasaki wrote, "Less is the new more." Easy to learn: symmetry, seduction, subtraction, and sustainability. Very valuable to do. Step 1: Read Matt's book!! just 140 keystrokes.

• Lean Project Blog 50 Posts and Growing
  04/25/2009
  

  The Lean Project Coaches hit the 50 posts mark on Friday. Quite a milestone for just 6 weeks blogging at Coaches Corner. They are writing on all aspects of lean projects. Tap into that for your projects.

• Beginner's Mind Leads to Mastery
  04/23/2009
  

  Chris Slivon shares a bit of her journey in being a lean coach in the post
  Knowing and Not Knowing where she and others write for Lean Project Consulting's Coaches Corner.

• Do You Kaizen?
  04/16/2009
  

  

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  Daily improvement to make our jobs safer, easier and more interesting is a corner-stone for Toyota. My colleague Rebecca Bettler describes how Quick 'n'Easy Kaizen is even more powerful when it's team sport. Read A Hidden Beauty...

  
• Learn about TWI the Basis of Lean
  04/15/2009
  

  Learn about the TWI approach from the only Senior Master Trainer in the US. Patrick Graupp will introduce you to this landmark program: Webinar.

  
• Do You Have an OASiS for Planning on Your Project?
  04/14/2009
  

  Adopt this mnemonic for your project environment. Thanks Matt for writing about it.

• Start using Project Management Hash Tags on Twitter
  04/06/2009
  

  Raven is consolidating project management hash tags for use on Twitter. Thank you Raven!

• All Ya Gotta Do Is Ask
  03/25/2009
  

  Read the latest story of how green meets lean, or should I say kaizen? It's a Wall St Journal article that you don't want to miss.

• Let's Speak so We Can Be Understood
  03/25/2009
  

  It irks me when people play games with their writing. It wastes the readers' time, turns them off to what one has to say, and creates idealogical warfares. Write clearly...for the readers. Sorry for this outburst. Let's speak (and write) so we can be understood. Our projects will benefit from that.