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THE PROS AND CONS OF A LEAN STARTUP

ImagineNation

Guest blog by Claire Wilson. Lean’ is the buzzword of the last decade, challenging old school thinking that dictates that a successful business must be resource-heavy to achieve sustainable growth, whilst also giving credence to those who want to launch “almost-there” app startups today to achieve market domination tomorrow.

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Lean is Dead. Long Live Lean!

Legacy Innovation Group

Lean is Dead. Long Live Lean! Twenty four years ago, James Womack, Daniel Jones, and Daniel Roos introduced our world to a modern understanding of the concept of Lean Production. Lean Production was, and still is, a profoundly powerful management philosophy for the mass production of uniform goods.

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10 Popular Innovation Exercises to Try

InnovationTraining.org

Lean startup method Lean Startup is another source of many activities and exercises in a customer-focused approach to innovation. In the same wheelhouse as design thinking (and agile), a lean startup approach offers a way to quickly ideate, test, and create prototypes. Learn about creative problem solving workshops on our blog.

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9 Ways to Get Ideas Brewing with Instant Coffee

Planview

Here are some of the many ways you can use Instant Coffee: Brainstorming Incremental Planning Story Mapping Lean Coffee Impromptu Meetings PI Planning Retrospectives SWOT Analysis Standup Meetings. Lean Coffee. Check out this blog for helpful tips for facilitating a successful Lean Coffee virtually. SWOT Analysis.

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Episode 19 – Part 2: The ROI of Learning

IM Insights

The episode addresses the concept of innovation accounting, common misconceptions in business case analysis, and the value of information by connecting learning to financial outcomes. Unravelling the concept of innovation accounting, Peter debunks the common misconceptions prevalent in business case analysis.

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The Missing Puzzle Piece: How to Connect Planning to Delivery

Planview

This blog post examines how to efficiently turn strategies into actions, highlighting Value Stream Management (VSM) as a missing puzzle piece to streamline work from conception to delivery, ensuring strategies get executed effectively.

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3 education innovations to watch in 2024 (hint: it’s not just about skills and AI)

Christensen Institute

Despite these growing proof points, efforts to improve education lean on mental models, theories of change, and investment strategies that routinely ignore the social side of opportunity. I think that’s because in most conversations about education innovation today, skills are the “what”, and tech-enabled efficiency is the “how.”

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