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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World, ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. Innovation at GE was on a roll. Things will not stay the same at GE.”.

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FEI Boston Speaking Topics For The Annual Conference

eZassi

Chasing Innovation. In 2001 Mike found himself on a stage receiving a finalist certificate for a prestigious innovation award. Hear the story of the curious twists and turns that led to that innovation. Why do so many innovation programs fail? Transforming and Accelerating Innovation at P&G.

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FEI Boston Speaking Agenda For The Annual Conference

eZassi

Chasing Innovation. In 2001 Mike found himself on a stage receiving a finalist certificate for a prestigious innovation award. Hear the story of the curious twists and turns that led to that innovation. Why do so many innovation programs fail? Transforming and Accelerating Innovation at P&G.

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What is Lean Innovation? Components and Examples

Moves the Needle

Lean Innovation Definition At Moves The Needle, we define lean innovation as “reducing waste in the discovery, creation, and delivering of new value to customers." We base Lean Innovation principles upon the 3 E’s of Lean Innovation : Empathy, Experiments and Evidence.

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