Summary: <br> The Business901 podcast guest this week is Steve Bell, the founder of <a href="http://LeanITStrategies.com">Lean IT Strategies LLC</a>. Steve is a Lean Enterprise Institute faculty member, Shingo Research Prize winning author, and Lean IT pioneer. A recent blog post, <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/when-standard-work-and-customer-focus-comes-together/">When Standard Work and Customer Focus come together</a> contains an excerpt from the podcast. <br> <br> In the podcast we started out focusing on Lean IT but it evolved into a much broader discussion. Steve has a knack of taking the complicated and making it simple. A rare quality that I typically find only in the most knowledgeable practitioners. This podcast is suited for anyone thinking about continuous improvement. <br> <br> For more than twenty five years, Steve Bell has delivered a balance of Lean, business process improvement, and management consulting services. Steve published <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471677841/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=business901-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0471677841">Lean Enterprise Systems: Using IT for Continuous Improvement</a> helping to introduce the emerging discipline of Lean IT. Steve and his partner Mike Orzen later published <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439817561/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=business901-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1439817561">Lean IT: Enabling and Sustaining Your Lean Transformation</a>. <br> <br> Steve is on of the keynotes at the upcoming, <a href="http://www.leanitsummit.com/">North American Lean IT Summit</a>, bringing together a community of lean and agile practitioners and thought leaders from around the globe. <br> <br> Related Information: <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/lean-marketing-creates-knowledge-for-the-customer/">Lean Marketing Creates Knowledge for the Customer</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/lean-marketers-concentrate-on-soar-vs-swot/">Lean Marketers concentrate on SOAR vs. SWOT</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/will-the-mvp-crush-the-lean-startup/">Will the Mvp crush the Lean Startup?</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/lean-thinking-prototype-early-and-often/">Lean Thinking: Prototype early and often</a>
