Jim Benson
Author and Modus Institute founder
Jim Benson is an author who began as an urban planner and went on to help teams work together. He wrote Personal Kanban with Tonianne DeMaria.
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About Jim Benson
Jim Benson began his career as an urban planner and built software for cities. He then spent decades helping teams work together without harming one another. He co-created Lean Coffee and founded Modus Institute. Personal Kanban, written with Tonianne DeMaria, won a Shingo Research Award. His other books include Why Plans Fail, Why Limit WIP and The Collaboration Equation. He has also written The Social Life of Small Enclosed Spaces, a workplace story set on a corporate ship. He lives in Seattle with his wife, Vivian.