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How to use KANBAN: An effective productivity method for innovative ideas

Idea to Value

It originated as part of the Toyota Production System as part of their Lean Manufacturing Method, and is a method for scheduling in which sequence work should be done to achieve a desired outcome. However, in has also been adapted as one of the most popular management methods in Software development and Innovation / Lean Startup methods.

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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

These exercises are designed for innovative workshops and sessions. Innovation exercises are designed to help participants find creative solutions to life’s everyday challenges. Design thinking Design thinking is a problem-solving approach that puts the user at the center of the design process.

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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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Fail Well, Pivot Fast: Product Experimentation for Continuous Discovery

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

Lean A3, PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) and the Build-Measure-Learn or Think-Make-Check loop (to name a few loops) are all learning models informed by the notion that experimentation is the fastest (and most proven) route to product-market fit and achieving sustainable organic growth. Bad experiments inject noise into your decision-making process.

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From end to end: why the union of Design Thinking and Agile has been so successful

mjvinnovation

Design Thinking: Think of solutions, solve situations and problems, close the gaps that need filling in. It is Design Thinking that will pave the way to traveling assertively. Since you have a well-defined idea (through Design Thinking), Agile will clear a path towards your idea by removing obstacles that stand in your way.

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Episode 19 – Part 2: The ROI of Learning

IM Insights

He introduces Estimatic, his latest venture, software designed to model uncertain projects and ideas. 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. Understanding human behavior is therefore crucial.