Man vs Business with Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin

Man vs Business with Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin

Man vs. Business is a project from Sigmatree and www.Nerd-Central.com focusing on business topics from all perspectives. The first few podcasts are brainstorming sessions on possible topics and content. Discussions cover Leadership, Quality, Training, Technology and Employees to name a few.

Episodes

September 28, 2021 33 mins

In this podcast episode of Man vs Business, Les Jaynes, Sean McMenamin and Brian Teddlie discuss the topic of Quality Circles.  Are they still relevant?  Do they have merit in today's business and quality arenas?  Why were they so popular and then diminished quickly?  We also discussed the idea of business fads and flavor of the month concepts.

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In this Man vs Business podcast episode, Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin have their first podcast guest - Brian Teddlie.  Brian is an IT and Quality professional and gives his ideas and opinions on this overarching quality topic. 

In this episode we review a diagram created by Les Jaynes that outlines the concepts and activities that should be tackled for an organization to reach Operational Excellence.  This diagram clearly...

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August 12, 2021 35 mins

In this episode of Man vs Business, Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin discuss the revolutionary stages of Industry and Quality.  In the fourth stage we dive deep into the discussion of current technologies and how the play a role in quality.

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July 14, 2021 38 mins

In this podcast episode of Man vs Business, Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin review the history of Continuous Improvement.  In this discussion they take the approach of reviewing the validity of contributions by the Quality guru's.  They also touch on the timeframe of different quality approaches and how they have played in build what we have today from a continuous improvement perspective. 

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June 1, 2021 33 mins

In this podcast episode of Man vs Business, Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin discuss some of the most used Continuous Improvement Methodologies that are used in business.  We cover some of the more common and well known such as Plan, Do, Check and Act (PDCA) and Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control (DMAIC).  We also cover some not so well know methodologies such as Growth Hacking and Leagile.

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May 5, 2021 37 mins

In this episode of Man vs Business, Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin are getting back to basics and going deeper with very specific topics.  In this episode they discuss the topic of Process Mapping - one of the foundational tools to continuous improvement.  They cover the usage, the types of process mapping, mistakes and much more.

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In this podcast episode of Man vs Business, Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin talk about the accounting aspects of an ERP and how employees play an important role in feeding the monthly metrics that drive the monthly close.

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April 11, 2021 30 mins

In this episode of Man vs Business Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin take another look at accountability - peaking into the actions and activities of what accountability looks like.

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February 16, 2021 45 mins

In the episode of Man vs Business, Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin talk about their experiences with Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERPs).  This is a high-level discussion starting off with what an ERP is, who is involved, and their thoughts on getting a system up and running.  They then end with some lessons learned.

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November 16, 2020 35 mins

In this podcast episode of Man vs Business, Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin discuss the topic of patience in the work place.  Both the aspect of employee patience and more importantly employer patience.

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August 4, 2020 26 mins

In this episode of Man vs. Business, Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin talk about the process and the importance of Training and Personal Development.

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July 13, 2020 19 mins

In this episode of Man vs. Business, Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin discuss the topic of having a quality conversation between employee and manager.  Specifically discussing the use of the word "Probably".

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June 30, 2020 23 mins

In this episode of Man vs Business, Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin discuss whether or not all processes should be improved upon and why.  Sean uses a simple analogy to help guide the conversation.  From the analogy we jump to the discuss of all the variables involved in process improvement and why its so important to discuss intent.

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January 20, 2020 23 mins

In this episode of Man vs Business, Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin discuss the concepts of Strategy Deployment.  With the beginning of a new year, we felt it appropriate to discuss concepts that relate to good strategy deployment.

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November 12, 2019 27 mins

In this podcast episode of Man vs. Business Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin discuss the idea of how to bring new information into an organization and wrap it around strategy so that its conveyed top to bottom.  We also talk about teardrop campers.

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October 24, 2019 21 mins

In this podcast episode of Man vs. Business Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin discuss the challenging topic of Business Travel vs Personal Time and how expenses can be abused and misused.  We also talk the importance of have the difficult conversion about the expectations and what can be done to avoid misunderstandings and misuse.

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October 17, 2019 19 mins

In this podcast episode of Man vs Business, Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin discuss the idea of not jumping to conclusion during conversations and why its important.  We also discuss a mountain biking adventure in which the student becomes the master.

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October 10, 2019 20 mins

A restart of the Man vs Business Podcast series.

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July 30, 2018 36 mins
In this podcast episode of Man vs Business, Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin discuss the topic of project management. Specifically large projects and some of the key components to a successful project.
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In this podcast episode of Man vs Business, Les Jaynes and Sean McMenamin discuss the roadmap of Driving Towards a Positive Organizational Contribution. We basically review the concept of positivity in the workplace. Why is it so important.
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