Hope it’s been a productive and purposeful week. Here are some insights/opportunities to help you outlearn/outthink the competition.
| Amazing (free) video. This is the PERFECT tutorial for any company wishing to implement a Kanban system. You don't need anything else. | |
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Latest ScaleUp News --
10 German Scaleups; Investment in European Scaleups Quadruples; India-based Delhivery Using Electric Vehicles and Drones – this news and more at ScaleUps.com, your one-stop weekly update.
Kanban Paul Aker/FastCap Style – Great for COOs
Need better workflow management? Want to emulate a system that effectively drives agile software development teams? Toyota’s Kanban system is a workflow management method designed to help visualize work, maximize efficiency and be agile. In this 19-minute video 2-Second Lean author and entrepreneur Paul Aker teaches Kanban and how he uses it at his company – especially perfect for any head of operations – and a system all leaders should be knowledgeable of – some excellent weekend learning.
Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan…--
…and productivity jumped 40%. This CNN piece also highlights how Microsoft encouraged shorter meetings (30 minutes) and less time answering emails. Shake Shack is testing something similar as are many smaller firms. One huge benefit if people had more 3-day weekends -- a boost to consumer spending!
SEALFIT Training – Unbeatable Mind --
Mark Divine, author of Way of the SEAL, has put together a package for the immersive “Unbeatable Mind Experience” in Carlsbad, California, to include a complimentary membership to the online Unbeatable Mind Academy and a signed copy of his latest book Staring Down the Wolf. Ideally, you would do this WITH your core team... but you would also benefit greatly by doing it alone. This training is led by his top coaches and Mark... going deep into their five mountains and the Unbeatable Mind developmental tools he touched on in his keynote at our ScaleUp Summit. Click here to see the details.
IV Vitamin C Saves Another Life in NZ --
Riddled with cancer and given a few weeks to live, Anton Kuraia turned to IV Vitamin C and is alive today – the cancer gone. This 14-minute TVNZ broadcast highlights his case and how science seems to be catching up to this miraculous cure. FYI, New Zealand has been a leader in people using IV Vitamin C to cure various difficult diseases as we learn more about nature’s natural chemo/antibiotic.
Westminster City Council (London) Scaling Up --
The Business and Enterprise team, which is part of the Regeneration and Economic Development service at Westminster City Council, is shown working through their Scaling Up “Vision Summary.” City of Westminster recently co-hosted our ScaleUp Summit as they focus on supporting more scaleups in London. Good to see they are modeling the way, as they work with Scaling Up Certified coach Neale Lewis.
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