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TLC Labs Hosts LeanUX NYC – April 2013

TLC Labs and Lean Startup Machine have partnered with NYU Stern’s Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation as well as Cyrus Innovation to create a three and a half day, curated conference...

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LeanUX Speaker Series: An Interview with Tomer Sharon

I was lucky enough to interview LeanUX NYC speaker, Tomer Sharon, currently Senior UX Researcher at Google, and an alum of last year’s AgileUXNYC conference. Tomer is the author of “It’s Our Research“...

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How to build a ‘good enough’ corporate site in 3 weeks

If Dante had written the Inferno in the early days of the 21st century, Satan would have been found wallowing in the 9th circle, spearheading a corporate website redesign. There is perhaps no more...

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Meetings are not the problem

You don’t hate meetings because they are ineffectual, you hate them because they are hard work. Here’s the crux of the matter: collaboration between people happens… between people. Awesome people,...

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Jabe Bloom selected as finalist for Brickell Key Award

(Note: If you have been influenced by Jabe’s work, please consider supporting him here.) We at TLC / TLCLabs are bursting with pride that our own Jabe Bloom has been selected as one of six finalists...

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Are there any “Lean Truths”?

I’ve been working for a while now, on and off, on a framework for what I’ve been calling the “lean doctrine.” I have an ethically-grounded expectation that if a bunch of us are willing to tell other...

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#LeanUX Speaker Salon: Kanban for Individuals & Teams

If it ain’t one thing It’s a mother!&@&# Other – Kanban for Individuals and Teams Thursday, April 25, 2013 [RSVP] Knowledge work is defined by friction. Every time you start something,...

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The “Lean Strategy + Design” Book List

(Covering Lean systems, design, management, strategy, and innovation. Not fearing a good dose of discussion around ideas, theories, and how managers learn and try new things in their organization to...

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Design Ethnography for Lean Teams by Will Evans

Design Ethnography for Lean Teams from Will Evans “What people say is not what people do” – CheskinThere has been a lot of hot air about “getting out of the building”, and “just go talk to customers”,...

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Experimentation & Innovation in Libraries: What We Can Learn from Lean Startups

Experimentation and Innovation in Libraries: What We Can Learn from Lean Startups by Simon Marcus & Will Evans Few industries face the kind of disruption that the library industry faces today with...

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Introduction to Kanban for Creative Agencies

Introduction to Kanban for Creative Agencies from Will Evans This is an introduction to Kanban. Creative agencies, like most organizations that do knowledge work, are defined by the projects they...

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Why Lean and Kanban Won’t Grow Like Scrum — And Why We Might Not Want to Fix...

I’ve become a regular attendee at bi-weekly meetup for kanban practitioners in NYC. Its attendance is small (7-10 people) but highly stable. Not that surprisingly, I’m the only C-level executive who is...

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Simon Marcus Presents “Concierge & Pitch MVP”

This is the presentation for the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge Edition / Lean Startup machine discussing “Concierge and Pitch MVP.” Concierge & Pitch MVP from Will Evans

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TLC Goes Inside the Design Studio

Walking into Will Evans‘ Design Studio workshop yesterday morning, many of us — myself included — had no idea what to expect. We knew we’d be exploring new options for TLC Kids, which is one of TLC’s...

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Introduction to LeanUX Branding

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working with a team of people on the TLCLabs branding and identity, which led me to think about the difference between traditional, big-bet, waterfall branding that...

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In Defense of Ambiguity

Presentation for Lean Kanban Central Europe Vienna, October 22-23, 2012 The Kanban Method lists Core Property #4 as “Make Process Policies Explicit” How does explicit policy help us to evolve our...

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6 Smart Ways to Innovate Inside Your Corporate Culture

Recently, Jabe and Simon connected with another Lean product development leader, Teague Hopkins. Teague has over 15 years of design and technical experience, and is deeply interested in improving the...

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