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Why I’m Excited About Lean Camp

Why I’m Excited About Lean Camp

JUST LET ME LEARN! Hallway conversations are almost always what people peg as their favorite parts of conferences. Yet conferences rarely provide ample space and time for people to have these conversations. When we actually converse with our peers or with the speakers, we learn more and, more importantly, we retain more. We are actively engaged in the learning, rather than just being spoken...

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Personal Kanban Book

Personal Kanban Book

The Book Personal Kanban brings lean principles to daily life for individuals and small teams.

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Lean Coffee Seattle – Every Wednesday Morning

Modus is pleased to invite everyone interested in lean thinking to Lean Coffee Seattle. These happen every Wednesday at 8:30 to 10:30 am at Uptown Espresso at Westlake and Republican.  See you there!

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Jim Benson to Speak at Social Media Breakfast March 2010

Jim Benson will be speaking at the Social Media Breakfast in Bellevue, Washington, on March 16, 2010. The topic will be: Lean Organizations, Social Media and the CIA.

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Jim Benson to Speak Feb 2, 2010 at SeaSPIN on Personal Kanban and Software Development

Tonight Jim Benson will be Speaking at SeaSpin. This talk goes through a project his team did in early 2007 that used a hybrid XP / Personal Kanban approach to managing a widely distributed team and what they learned in “the early days.” Here is the write up from the SeaSPIN site. February 2 Meeting Construx Software, 10900 NE 8th St Suite 1350, Bellevue, WA Food & networking...

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Collaborating with the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Collaborating with the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Modus Cooperandi has begun a project to help the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) create on-line training courses in distributed collaboration.  Modus joins thought leaders and experts from around the world in building a curriculum that will help workers from FAO and other organizations collaborate from a distance.  The project’s aim is to provide knowledge of patterns,...

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