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The AI Investment Trap

Craig Szelestowski: August 10, 2026

Once you build a chatbot for a bad process, something interesting happens. The chatbot develops a constituency. It has a project team, a budget line,...

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The Slide They All Photographed

Craig Szelestowski: August 4, 2026

How do you know which slide is the one people care the most about? Easy - it's the one they take pictures of.

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Building Your Team the Smart Way - First Followers and the Art of Creating a Movement

Craig Szelestowski: June 26, 2026

One of the most common mistakes Lean practitioners make is spending enormous energy trying to convince every skeptic in the room. They host...

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Gemba Walks - Going to See for Yourself

Craig Szelestowski: October 28, 2025

We've learned tomap processes,spot waste, andmeasure what matters. One problem with all those tools? They can keep you at your desk, staring at data...

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