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6 Principles of Lean Construction

Kainexus

A growing number of construction firms are embracing the Lean methodology that emphasizes maximizing value for the customer while minimizing waste. Lean construction borrows from the manufacturing approach developed by Toyota after World War II. This makes proper execution of the philosophy and techniques difficult to implement.

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Why Jobs for the Future is leaning into outcomes

Christensen Institute

It will also allow JFF to lean into its advisory work with employers to help them make the most of their education and upskilling programs by better measuring the results of those efforts and targeting them at programs that are more likely to produce real value. It’s absolutely essential to do this work well.”.

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5 Incredibly Powerful Lean Visual Management Tools

Kainexus

Your brain can quickly process these visual clues and use the information to make decisions. The Lean business approach takes advantage of this fact and leverages several powerful tools for management and improvement. You don’t have to be all in on Lean to take advantage of them.

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An Introduction to the Lean Concept of Catchball

Kainexus

The Lean idea of catchball involves moving ideas and information from one person or team to another and, much like catch from childhood, it forms the basis for complicated decision making and policy development. One participant tries to deliver the ball to the other in a way that they will be able to grab and return it.

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Fail Well, Pivot Fast: Product Experimentation for Continuous Discovery

Speaker: William Haas Evans - Principal Consultant, Head of Product Strategy & Design Practice, Kuroshio Consulting

The purpose and value of experimentation (from a scientific and product perspective) is to produce new information. It’s our way of intentionally managing through uncertainty — since, as Claude Shannon said, “the only resolution to uncertainty is information.” Good experiments generate insights (information).

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How to Make Good Lean Startup Hypotheses

Tim Kastelle

Part Eight in the Lean Startup Series When teams start out with lean startup, they often build hypotheses that are too precise – we assume we know more than we do. We need to start our lean startup process with discovery – and that is harder to hypothesise. Part eight: How to Make Good Lean Startup Hypotheses.

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The Lean Manufacturing Cheat Sheet

Kainexus

You might not “test” your employees on the essential concepts in Lean manufacturing , but there are still some fundamental ideas that they should understand. For more in-depth information, click on the links at the top of each section.). Anything that I would want to put on the sheet was something that I should fully understand.

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Post-Pandemic eCommerce Growth: Leverage Product Data, Market Research & Shopping Trends

Speaker: Phil Irvine, VP & Director of Audience Intelligence

To accomplish this, organizations have traditionally leaned into historical customer and product data to predict how to engage with their current and future customers in a personalized manner. How to create an environment to stay ahead of key macro shopper trends to help inform evolutions with marketing strategy development.