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Is What’s Good For General Electric Good For America?

Digital Tonto

Instead of layoffs, he’s investing in lean manufacturing methods that put front-line workers at the center and instead of using acquisitions to fuel growth, he’s broken the company up to help focus on operational excellence. million jobs since 2010, productivity is up and unemployment is at record lows. The results are clear.

LEAN 143
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Going Lean, Again

etventure

Friedrich Arnold, Senior Project Manager at etventure, explains how manufacturers can embrace the Lean Startup methodology as the centerpiece of their Digital Transformation. Proudly, the Head of Production explained to me: “We use Lean Production – meaning we eliminate waste from our manufacturing process.” The Proud Leader.

LEAN 56
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Nomination Wanted: 2015 Thinkers50

Matthew May

My three areas of focus — strategy, innovation, and lean — are all founded on the ground-level, everyday application of Roger Martin’s Play-to-Win framework (strategy), IDEO/Stanford d school-originated design thinking (innovation), and Toyota-born systems thinking (lean).

LEAN 100
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71 Innovation Methodologies

Open Innovation EU

The Lean Startup (Ries). Focus stage: Early-stage Published: 2010 more…. The Lean Enterprise. Focus stage: Maturity Published: 2010 more…. Focus stage: Maturity Published: 2010 more…. Focus stage: Seed Published: 2010 more…. Focus stage: Early-stage Published: 2010 more…. The list is almost random.

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Business Model Innovation 2020? - From Lean Startups to Impact Startups.

The BMI Lab Blog

Lean startup, coined by Eric Ries and previously described in the book “The Four Steps to Epiphany” (2005) by Eric’s mentor Steve Blank, is singing from the same song-sheet. Founded in 2010, the company already has more than 70 employees and 40k sensors in use on six continents. waste, contamination, and carbon).

LEAN 52
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Introducing the shift towards Autonomous Innovation

Innov8rs

By 2010, the Lean Startup methodology built upon these principles, emphasizing rapid experimentation and customer feedback to guide businesses towards sustainable business models. Both paradigms transformed innovation approaches worldwide.

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Management 3.0: Why you should get to know this Model?

mjvinnovation

Created by IT manager Jurgen Appelo in 2010, Management 3.0 It’s a management format that draws from the same source as Lean and Agile. It is clear that the scalability factor, so contemporary of lean teams and popularized by startups, could not be left out of the Management 3.0 As the name implies, Management 3.0