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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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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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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). Designer, The Play-To-Win Canvas.

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Organize innovation to fit your strategy & culture.

Leapfrogging

With lean budgets for innovation a reality at many large organizations, managers are often reluctant to allocate funding and staff to projects they perceive as risky, or that don’t help them achieve their short-term performance metrics. Magazine, a leading keynote speaker and the founder of Praxie.com. first appeared on.

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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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Top 5 Consulting Firms for Innovation and Digital Transformation in 2019

Moves the Needle

As a service to my fellow change agents, I would like to offer the following rundown of organizations that are nonetheless leading the charge of innovation and digital transformation, heading into 2019 as a due diligence tool. Bionic leans heavy on tech nomenclature. And is not above breathless self-endorsement.