Ep 068 Embolden, Experiment, Humanize

Part 1 with Eliott Frick, CEO Big Wide Sky and Jeremy Nulik, Evangelist Prime, Big Wide Sky

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Culture, Purpose, Part-Timers, and Lean

In this part 4 of 4, Tom Root shares advice on adapting your culture…find a purpose. He shares how they orient and work with 500 part-timers over the holiday rush. And he discusses how open book management, the Zingerman processes/recipes all contribute to lean-like practices.  Continue reading Culture, Purpose, Part-Timers, and Lean

Radical Democratization of Financial Intelligence, Tom Root Pt 02

Learn how to give your team the information they need to truly become engaged and empowered in this part 2 of 4 with Tom Root. He’s Managing Partner, Zingmerman’s Mail Order and continuous improvement leader and creator of a business maker space called Maker Works in Ann Arbor, MI. 

I completely ripped this off of the Zingerman’s website. They created it and deserve full credit.

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Build Your Business To Stay Small, Tom Root, Pt 01

Growing Your Business While Staying Small

Join me for the next four episodes as I speak with Tom Root, Managing Partner, Zingmerman’s Mail Order. Also continuous improvement leader and creator of a business maker space called Maker Works in Ann Arbor, MI. 

This is where it all started, as a small deli, now it’s 12 businesses.

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Biz Deep Dive 10 Bottom Line Change

ZingTrain shares in this 10 webinar replay how they have created a system to facilitate change in their organization. This system makes sure it’s in alignment with the great vision and purpose, gives it a process to test, implement, and communicate to the team/community. Continue reading Biz Deep Dive 10 Bottom Line Change