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Five Unicorn Scaleup Strategies

Leapfrogging

He’s the author of numerous books and an expert on how lean principles can be used to drive innovation. Inertia is the resistance to any change in the current state of motion. Your subtitle refers to “lean” principles; I’m assuming they respond to these restraining forces? Here’s the secret to Unicorn innovation.

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5 Innovation Lessons from the Backstory of OpenTable.com

Leapfrogging

He eventually honed the scope and changed the name to OpenTable. Find a Good Name But Recognize It May Change. What you think is a perfect name on day one will likely change as you get customer feedback and see the market’s response to your products and business model. I went to high school with Chuck.

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The Secret Ingredient to Operational Excellence Success

Qmarkets

Put simply, Operational Excellence can be defined as a management principle which encourages the discovery and implementation of incremental changes, with the objective of optimizing processes to achieve a competitive advantage. Make lean value streams flow from one process to the other. Ignoring Your Most Precious Resource.

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The Secret Ingredient to Operational Excellence Success

Qmarkets

Put simply, Operational Excellence can be defined as a management principle which encourages the discovery and implementation of incremental changes, with the objective of optimizing processes to achieve a competitive advantage. Make lean value streams flow from one process to the other. Ignoring Your Most Precious Resource.

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Open Innovation: definition, what types and benefits

mjvinnovation

According to Professor Henry Chesbrough wrote in an article in Forbes Magazine, “open innovation is a more profitable way to innovate because it can reduce costs, accelerate time to marketing, increase market differentiation and create new revenue streams for the company” ?

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Small Experiments for Big Ideas

Leapfrogging

Most innovators now know the language of minimal viable products (MVPs), A/B testing, agile and lean. Make Conclusions: Based on what we found, what changes should we make to our offering or business model? Your conclusions should focus on whether or not a change in direction is needed.

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Digital Innovation Units: Recommendations, Trends and Conclusions

Integrative Innovation

Infront Consulting and business magazine Capital recently published their second joint annual study (in German) on the Digital Innovation Unit landscape in Germany. The study analyzed the units in terms of set objectives and their achievements, as well as of the following success criteria : Steering. Themes / direction of impact.

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