Dopamine, Focus & Flow — The Neuroscience of Kanban Boards01 Apr 2025

Kanban boards application to work planning and management is firmly based on visual categorizing and reordering — anyone who's ever seen a Kanban board will know it. But have you wondered why this illustrative approach works so well for us? Today we take a brief look at neuroscience'...

Using Kanban to Support Deep, Focused Work and Minimize Distractions06 Mar 2025

A typical workplace today can be characterized by the buzz of notifications, everyone multitasking, and juggling endless to-do lists, which makes achieving deep, focused work feel like an uphill battle. We argue that Kanban, the workflow management method originating from Toyota’s lean...

The Kanban Minimalist—Stripping Kanban Down to Its Essentials11 Feb 2025

It could be argued that Kanban is the ultimate tool for visualizing work, streamlining processes, and boosting efficiency. But often, somewhere along the way, teams fall into the trap of over-complicating their Kanban systems—cramming in unnecessary columns, excessive work-in-progress limits,...

Strategies for Staying on Track of Task Dependencies with Kanban23 Jan 2025

Dependencies—tasks that rely on completing other tasks—can quickly become bottlenecks if not properly managed, leading to delays, frustration, and disrupted workflows-which is why dependency management is one of the critical challenges of project management. When working on Kanban boards,...

From Assembly Lines to Agile Teams — The Timeless Appeal of Kanban02 Jan 2025

Kanban’s evolution from a manufacturing method to a widely adopted project management technique is a testament to its adaptability and enduring relevance, due in large part to its simplicity. Originally used to optimize workflows and minimize waste on the Toyota manufacturing floor in the 1950s,...

Using Kanban for Personal Growth and Self-Improvement Goals in the New Year19 Dec 2024

As we approach 2025, the idea of setting personal growth and self-improvement goals is both inspiring and overwhelming. Too often, ambitious resolutions lose momentum because, while the vision is grand, the execution plan lacks structure. This is where the simple yet powerful Kanban method...

Balancing Workloads and Team Allocation on Kanban Boards for Better Outcomes02 Dec 2024

Project management is often weighed down by team burnout, progress-stalling bottlenecks, and the chaotic reshuffling of tasks as priorities evolve. At the heart of these issues lies a common root cause: unbalanced workloads and ineffective resource allocation. However, a simple yet powerful...

Kanban Boards for Innovation - Fueling Creativity and Collaboration with Visual Project Management14 Nov 2024

When managing innovative projects, the focus shouldn't be just on completing tasks — but also on sparking creativity, fuelling collaboration, and allowing for flexible pivots. It can be tricky to balance. While innovation demands structure, it should not be the kind that stifles...

Kanban Boards and Design Thinking: A Powerful Duo for Product Development07 Nov 2024

In the customer-centric world, effective product development relies on the ability to quickly understand customer needs, prototype solutions, and continuously improve products. That is where the concept of Design Thinking and the Kanban board practice - two seemingly distinct work methods -...

Scaling Kanban Boards for Large Teams and Complicated Projects17 Oct 2024

Effective task visualization and sharing are essential to maintaining productivity and alignment of big teams working on big projects. Kanban boards provide an illustrative framework to manage workflows, but as team sizes grow and project intricacy increases, the board can quickly become...