Introduction: Unlocking Flow Efficiency with Kanban WIP Limits In my last role, I watched a talented, overcommitted team transform in a single quarter. The shift wasn’t a new tool or a bigger backlog;...
Introduction: Reclaiming Time by Automating Email-to-Task Conversion I learned the hard way that an overflowing inbox quietly becomes your team’s project manager—and not a very good one. The week I fl...
I learned the hard way that long standups rarely move the needle. After watching too many 45-minute updates end without a single decision, I piloted a 15-minute daily huddle anchored to one live view....
After years of coaching product and platform teams, I learned the hard way that most sprints don’t fail from lack of effort—they fail because focus quietly leaks away. The fix wasn’t more meetings or ...
Introduction: Why Office Work Feels Busy Yet Unproductive After years of leading product and ops teams, I’ve lived the paradox: calendars jammed end to end, Slack and inboxes buzzing, yet deliverables...
Introduction: Scaling Lean Without Consultants — The Kanban & Kaizen Advantage In my experience leading busy ops and product teams, the biggest unlock never came from a massive transformation or a...
Introduction: Transforming Office KPIs into Predictive Kanban Metrics After years leading operations and product teams, I learned the hard way that most KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) tell you what...
I first stumbled into Kanban out of necessity. My team’s “invisible” office work kept derailing deadlines and onboarding took weeks of handholding. Once we put our work on a board, set a few light pol...
Introduction: Revealing Hidden Bottlenecks in Knowledge Work with Kanban I’ve watched capable teams miss dates not for lack of effort, but because the real queues were invisible. The moment we put our...
I used to wear a packed calendar like a badge of honor—every 30 minutes booked, every channel buzzing. It felt like momentum, but my results weren’t compounding. The breakthrough came when I started v...