Seattle, Washington, United States
Public speaker | Consultant | Author Expert in Effectiveness for Individuals, Teams, or Organizations [email protected] | @ourfounder | moduscooperandi.com After three decades as a business owner, team leader, and employee in both companies and government agencies, I’ve found there is one key factor in every organization. We take on more than we can finish. Almost every client (individual or organizational) I have worked with, regardless of vertical, is overworked. Being overworked means they don’t have time to pay attention to their work, its context, or their co-workers. This fosters hasty decisions made with a lack of information. These poor decisions create re-work, unnecessary emergencies, and unrewarding working conditions. Since writing Personal Kanban and winning the Shingo Research Award, I have had the good fortune to: * work with Fortune 10 companies, major world governments, and the most dynamic startups * monthly keynote conferences globally * be interviewed in major publications including Time, Newsweek, Wired, LifeHacker, The New York Times, the Times of London, Inc, and Businessweek. I enjoy helping people and teams work out sticky problems, an advocate of people actually seeing their work, and inventing new ways to work at the intersection of problem solving, brain science, and leadership. If you are interested in seeing your company understand its true value, build collaborative ways of working, and deliver in a way that bolsters your culture – I am very interested in working with you.
Founder and Board Member of a global Obeya advocacy group and think tank. Advancing visual management at all levels.
We work with companies and agencies world wide, employing Lean, systems thinking, agile management and behavioral economics to help professionals and teams communicate, collaborate and manage their work. We specialize in creating coherent and enjoyable working systems for knowledge workers. This includes understanding work, thoughtful work selection, understanding variation, and creating environments free of political or interpersonal stress. We build collaborative management systems. Our client list includes Comcast, the World Bank, J.P Morgan, State Farm, the United Nations, government agencies and companies from startups to the Fortune 10. Learn more and see our extensive client list at http://moduscooperandi.com
Modus Institute is an online school teaching cutting edge management for the 21st century business and worker. We offer directed learning in time management, communication, distribute teams, visual systems, learning, forecasting, and Lean ideals. Current courses are available in successful distributed teams and Personal Kanban. Classes are self-paced or available in directed study groups for organizations. We help make sense of the often chaotic world of modern business. http://modusinstitute.com
Teach and help evolve Lean Concepts, work the LEI Learning Partners, advance the usage and adoption of Lean worldwide
Personal Kanban takes lean philosophies and tools and applies them to time management for individuals and small teams. It is a visualization tool that lets people see the workload they've committed to and better plan how to complete it. Personal Kanban has merely two rules: visualize your work and limit your work in progress. Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life now available at Amazon or ask your local bookseller.