Resources: Web Favorites

Web Favorites

Here are some of the many organizations that we have found helpful. Send us your favorite links we’ll add them to the list.

Lean & Process

Online Users Group

The Lean Office Support and Discussion Forum is for professionals who want to share ideas and get support in implementing process improvement in the office. When you sign up for this group please sign up with your regular email and your name.

I urge you to participate actively. Let other members know who you are and share about your initiatives. If you have a problem, issue or concern, ask it here. If you think you can provide an answer to a question, please do so. If you have a best practice, by all means, please let us all in on it! All I ask is that you keep the Forum on purpose. Let's make it a place where we can make a significant contribution to each other.

Lean Enterprise

Lean Enterprise is a non-profit training, publishing and research center founded by Jim Womack to give people simple but powerful tools that describe in plain language how to apply lean thinking. It is not a consulting company that provides solutions for individual firms. Instead they share their knowledge with the lean community through their workbooks, events and on-site training.

Learning & Faciltiation

The Thiagi Group

We Do Training… And we do it differently.

• We use games and activities that engage participants. We keep them interacting with each other and with the content.
• We design training faster, cheaper, and better with an irreverent process that eliminates unnecessary steps that don't add value.

Come play with us! We'll have you laughing and learning.

Master Facilitator Journal

The Master Facilitator Journal, is an ezine for professional facilitators, with over 8,000 members worldwide. Though the ezine is designed for Professional Facilitators, both seasoned experts and beginners, we're pleased to find life coaches, trainers, teachers, managers, leaders, executives, and athletic coaches also read and benefit from this ezine. The free membership site offers you their popular weekly ezine and access to the many other resources.

Technical Tools

Mind Manager

MindManager® is the leading business information mapping tool for enhancing the productivity of teams and individuals. MindManager provides an intuitive visual interface that rapidly captures, organizes, and shares information. The result: more thorough analyses, better information management, smoother processes, and faster execution. Available in Pro, basic, and mobile versions.

Learning Guide Pro

You don't have time to waste. Create 3 Training Documents from One. With LeaderGuide Pro™ you will work in Microsoft Word® to build a comprehensive leader guide / instructor's manual. This becomes your master document.

• From this leader guide you will extract:
  • The text you want to appear on your PowerPoint® slides, and
  • The text you need to include in your Participant workbook/handout.
• All that's left for you to do is:
  • Treat your slides using PowerPoint®, and
  • Format your participant material using ParticipantGuide Pro™.
  • ParticipantGuide Pro™ comes with your LeaderGuide Pro™ software.