Man vs Business with Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin

Les Jaynes, Sean McMenamin
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Man vs. Business is a project from Sigmatree and www.Nerd-Central.com focusing on  business topics from all perspectives. The first few podcasts are brainstorming sessions on possible topics and content. Discussions cover Leadership, Quality, Training, Technology and Employees to name a few.

  1. 09/29/2021

    Quality Circles

    In this podcast episode of Man vs Business, Les Jaynes, Sean McMenamin and Brian Teddlie discuss the topic of Quality Circles.  Are they still relevant?  Do they have merit in today's business and quality arenas?  Why were they so popular and then diminished quickly?  We also discussed the idea of business fads and flavor of the month concepts. Check out Sigmatree.org for more information about the resources we supply to business leaders and people that just want to learn.  Please not we have put a few items for sale and our website.  One is a poster depicting a roadmap for Operational Excellence.  Help support our continued conveyance of business and quality information.

    33 min

  2. 09/08/2021

    The Roadmap to Operational Excellence

    In this Man vs Business podcast episode, Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin have their first podcast guest - Brian Teddlie.  Brian is an IT and Quality professional and gives his ideas and opinions on this overarching quality topic.  In this episode we review a diagram created by Les Jaynes that outlines the concepts and activities that should be tackled for an organization to reach Operational Excellence.  This diagram clearly lays out the progression from operational infancy to an aligned maturity. This diagram will be posted to the www.sigmatree.org blog and will hopefully be a poster that can be ordered from the website.

    36 min

  3. 08/13/2021

    How to Think about Quality

    In this episode of Man vs Business, Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin discuss the revolutionary stages of Industry and Quality.  In the fourth stage we dive deep into the discussion of current technologies and how the play a role in quality. Check out our website at www.sigmatree.org

    36 min

  4. 07/15/2021

    History of Continuous Improvement

    In this podcast episode of Man vs Business, Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin review the history of Continuous Improvement.  In this discussion they take the approach of reviewing the validity of contributions by the Quality guru's.  They also touch on the timeframe of different quality approaches and how they have played in build what we have today from a continuous improvement perspective.

    38 min

  5. 06/01/2021

    Continuous Improvement Methodologies

    In this podcast episode of Man vs Business, Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin discuss some of the most used Continuous Improvement Methodologies that are used in business.  We cover some of the more common and well known such as Plan, Do, Check and Act (PDCA) and Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control (DMAIC).  We also cover some not so well know methodologies such as Growth Hacking and Leagile.

    34 min

  6. 05/06/2021

    Process Mapping

    In this episode of Man vs Business, Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin are getting back to basics and going deeper with very specific topics.  In this episode they discuss the topic of Process Mapping - one of the foundational tools to continuous improvement.  They cover the usage, the types of process mapping, mistakes and much more.

    37 min

  7. 04/18/2021

    Role Employees Play in the Monthly Scorecard

    In this podcast episode of Man vs Business, Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin talk about the accounting aspects of an ERP and how employees play an important role in feeding the monthly metrics that drive the monthly close.

    41 min

  8. 04/12/2021

    What Accountability Looks Like

    In this episode of Man vs Business Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin take another look at accountability - peaking into the actions and activities of what accountability looks like.

    31 min
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Man vs. Business is a project from Sigmatree and www.Nerd-Central.com focusing on  business topics from all perspectives. The first few podcasts are brainstorming sessions on possible topics and content. Discussions cover Leadership, Quality, Training, Technology and Employees to name a few.

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