Sustainability: Project Challenge of the 21st Century
Posted on 20. Aug, 2010 by hrodriguez in Blog
“Sustainability is the capacity to endure”
At some point, the word sustainability was much related to other buzzword from early 2000’s: Green. Now, and passing the first decade of the 21st Century we know sustainability goes beyond green concepts, involves more than incorporating the environment concerns. The sustainability model for 21st Century must include [...]
Endurance Business Management ? When is the next recession, because I’m ready.
Posted on 16. Jul, 2010 by hrodriguez in Blog
Much has been said about the global economic crisis, the global recession and how countries, companies, organizations are finding new and better ways to reinvent themselves, to provide a better living standard and economical support to their citizens. The global economic crisis of 2009 taught everyone in this planet about a term very much used in sports, but not really considered when managing businesses – ” Endurance Management”.
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Corporate Values or Just an old fad Strategy?
Posted on 01. Jun, 2010 by hrodriguez in Blog
As I went over by some of my old presentations I found one that really stroke my mind, a cultural business practice very much used in project management and continuous improvement: Corporate Values. We have talked a lot about values and how they are the center of the lean universe. Value defines much of the [...]
Non Profits and Small Businesses – A New Business Model ?
Posted on 30. Apr, 2010 by hrodriguez in Blog
Hello All,
Welcome to Lead360’s Blog for non-profits. Non-profits are very unique in their business in that while you do need money to continue your programs or services, your thrust is not a money making business but the services that you provide. To this end, many non-profits depend heavily on grants and donations to keep their [...]
Project Managers or Entrepreneurs ?
Posted on 29. Apr, 2010 by hrodriguez in Blog
I’d like to talk this time about Project Management for Entrepreneurs. As a start, we know entrepreneurship is define as “entrepreneur, which is a French word meaning “one who undertakes an endeavor”. Entrepreneurs assemble resources including innovations, finance and business acumen in an effort to transform innovations into economic goods. [...]
Lean for Startups, Why?
Posted on 23. Apr, 2010 by hrodriguez in Blog
LEI webinars are concise, convenient ways to bring you and your team members, practical knowledge from leading lean experts. If you’ve got about an hour, an LEI webinar will give you real-life insights into solving the technical and human challenges of sustaining a lean transformation. Each webinar is presented live [...]
The End of the Beginning
Posted on 08. Apr, 2010 by hrodriguez in Blog
I just found this article from Lean Enterprise Institute and I though it is worth to share with our Lean Community. Coming myself from GM Engineering and knowing about the NUMMI plants in California and Canada, makes me wonder how Lean needs to move forward. How we as Lean Project Managers and Lean Practitioners, need [...]
PM Tools Sessions at PMI South Florida by Lead360, Inc
Posted on 30. Mar, 2010 by hrodriguez in Blog
Hector A. Rodriguez, of Lead360- Inc spoke at the Miami Dade and West Palm Beach – PM Tools session on February and March, 2010.
The PM-Tools about Lean Project Management was very encouraging to PM colleagues and PMI Board Members.
Some of their comments:
” After your PM Tools Session, I received excellent, positive feedback from many of [...]
Value Driven World
Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by hrodriguez in Blog
As defined by the Lean Enterprise Institute: the first of the principles of Lean is to ” specify value from the standpoint of the end customer by product family”. From lean production we know that value is defined solely by the customer. To view value from the eyes of the customer, organizations need to look [...]
1st LEAN blog- Seek beyond Perfection
Posted on 22. Feb, 2010 by harodriguez in Blog
Our First blog has to do with the “Seek for Perfection” – The last of the Lean values.
This is very exciting. We had finally put together our blog for Lean Best Practices, Efficient Business and Management discussions. Our blog will try to comment on the recent cases and articles pertaining business practices, new models and [...]
