Jim Benson, CEO of Modus Cooperandi (moduscooperandi.com), specializes in Lean project management and the management of knowledge work. He is the creator of Personal Kanban and, with Tonianne DeMaria Barry, coauthored the book Personal Kanban, which won a Shingo Research Award for Excellence in 2012. He is the 2012 winner of the Brickell Key Award for excellence in Lean thinking. For the past two decades, Mr. Benson has worked at uncovering ways… Read More

Tonianne DeMaria Barry is a partner at Modus Cooperandi, a Shingo-award winning author, systems thinker, photographer, and historian. She looks beyond the apparently obvious problems and sees their real social and systemic root causes. Ms. Barry is the coauthor (with Jim Benson) of Personal Kanban and the upcoming Why Kanban Works. She is cofounder of Kaizen Camp, the continuous improvement un-conference with events held worldwide. Passionate… Read More