Michael Specht - HR, Recruitment, and technology

The value of Respect in Kanban starts as soon as you decide to implement Kanban under the Principle “Start with what you do now”. This first principle is all about respecting and understandin...

https://specht.com.au/2020/10/06/respect-and-kanban/

Another “out of left field” value of Kanban is the one on agreement. But agreement is there in the four foundational principles – “Agree to pursue incremental, evolutionary change”. By ...

https://specht.com.au/2020/10/01/kanban-principle-agreement/

Our 7th value of Kanban is understanding – which, as described by Mike Burrows is less obvious on the surface. As you peel back the layers while implementing Kanban, you will start to see that ...

https://specht.com.au/2020/09/29/the-value-of-true-understanding/

A true leader is one who designs the cathedral and the shares the vision that inspires others to build it. Jan Carlzon – Moments of Truth Leadership is a Foundation Principle of the Kanban Meth...

https://specht.com.au/2020/09/24/leadership-in-kanban/

This is our 5th post in our look at the Kanban Method Values, and today we are talking about Flow. Not just the type of flow that Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi talks about in his TED Talk on Happiness ...

https://specht.com.au/2020/09/22/its-all-about-the-flow/

At the most simple level, your customers are successful when they achieve value from using your product or service – ideally, you are solving the problem that encouraged them to buy your produc...

https://specht.com.au/2020/09/18/how-to-make-successful-customers/

Shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world. Shareholder value is a result, not a strategy… your main constituencies are your employees, your customers and your products…. Jack Welch 2...

https://specht.com.au/2020/09/16/its-all-about-your-customers-stupid/

If you ask a business leader what they want from their teams, often you will hear one word – collaboration. Collaboration in the workplace has many benefits which have been written about all ov...

https://specht.com.au/2020/09/14/collaboration-the-key-to-high-performing-teams/

If you are a parent, you will know the value of letting your kids play on a balance beam – it builds balance, stability, body awareness and coordination. These are some of the most crucial gros...

https://specht.com.au/2020/09/09/the-balance-beam-for-business/

Transparency is a relatively new concept in the world of business. How do I know? First, I took a look in The Penguin Book of Business Wisdom for a mention of Transparency and nope. So in 1998 wh...

https://specht.com.au/2020/09/07/the-value-of-transparency-in-business/