https://www.shmula.com/media/podcast/01-Podcast-eric-ries.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS I’m excited to present this interview I conducted with Eric Ries, the author of The Lean Startup and The Startup Way. Eric’s background is in startups – having started a few himself, he wanted to find a way to reduce the risk inherent […]
Interviews with Innovators, Leaders, and Thought Leaders
Bob Emiliani on Lean Leadership, Real Lean, and Fake Lean
I’m excited to present to you this interview with noted teacher of lean management, author, and someone that brings sanity to the lean movement, Bob Emiliani. We’re grateful to Dr. Emiliani for taking time to share his thoughts with us today. In this interview you’ll learn the following: What are the visible and not so […]
Nike Lean Manufacturing: An Example of Good Policy Deployment
I was invited to the Nike Headquarters several months ago, where I met with most of the leadership team of the Nike.com business unit, which is the business unit tasked with growing their direct-to-consumer business. I was very, very impressed to see their commitment to Lean and was pleasantly surprised at how far up and […]
Aza Raskin on Cooperation Throwing Things Over the Fence
In today’s post, Aza Raskin tackles a reader’s question about Product Management, cooperations with other groups, throwing stuff over the fence, why large teams generally suck, and political in-fighting and politics. I work as a product manager for a technology company in the valley. In large companies like mine, the department of Product Management, Software […]
Aza Raskin on Google Search Results and How He Invented the Infinite Scroll
In a previous post on Ethnography, I invited Aza Raskin, founder of Humanized and son of Jef Raskin, the inventor of the Macintosh and author of The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems — to possibly answer reader’s questions about design, visual management, ethnography, genchi genbutsu, man-machine interactions, or anything related. Several readers […]
Aza Raskin on Feature Bloat & Clutter
In today’s post, Aza Raskin responds to a reader’s question regarding Featuritis, Feature Bloat, and Clutter. Be sure to read our other interviews in our leadership series. One of the problems I observe frequently is that web sites with otherwise intelligent product managers and designers seem to have a cumulative UI habit tending toward clutter, […]
Aza Raskin on Quasimodal Design & The ATM
In today’s post, Aza Raskin responds to a reader’s question regarding the interface of Automated Teller Machines (ATM) and a quasimodal and more humane approach to design. Be sure to read our other interviews in our leadership series. Aza, the following picture was taken by a friend. It is an ATM at an airport. I […]
Aza Raskin on Software Poka Yoke and Humane Interfaces
In today’s post, Aza Raskin explicates on the Poka-Yoke and how it can be effectively applied to user interfaces. Be sure to read our other interviews in our leadership series. We lean fans spend a lot of time explaining how great Toyota is. And great they are. See what I mean? We can’t help ourselves. […]
Humane Interface – Ask Aza Raskin Anything!
In a previous post on Ethnography, I invited Aza Raskin, founder of Humanized, a consultancy that aims to help companies design more humane products — from consumer packaged goods to software interfaces — and, son of Jef Raskin, the inventor of the Macintosh and author of The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems […]
Nanda Gauri: Interview with Inventory of Clocky
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSFrom time to time, shmula interviews companies that are disruptive 1, simple, and yet elegantly meets an unarticulated but dire customer need. Today, we are speaking with Gauri Nanda, the inventor of Clocky and founder of nandahome.com. Be sure to read our other interviews […]