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What is Lean Innovation? Components and Examples

Moves the Needle

Lean Innovation Definition At Moves The Needle, we define lean innovation as “reducing waste in the discovery, creation, and delivering of new value to customers." We base Lean Innovation principles upon the 3 E’s of Lean Innovation : Empathy, Experiments and Evidence. Where design thinking ends, Lean Startup begins.

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GFi Innovation — Fall Training Course Schedule

Gregg Fraley

If you’re in the Chicago or Denver areas, check out these innovation training course offerings. Gregg Fraley Innovation (GFi) is offering three public courses in late October and early November. Click on the course title to register. It’s fall and it’s time to go back to school. REGISTER NOW. REGISTER NOW.

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GFi Innovation Public Training Course

Gregg Fraley

Course Description: Innovation Intensive is a one day, deep dive, into fundamental and advanced concepts in innovation. It includes an overview of key frameworks ( Design Thinking, Agile, Lean, TRIZ, Synectics, Stage-Gate, CPS ) and their essential tools. This is a compelling and informative training course.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Design Thinking

InnovationTraining.org

What is the difference between design thinking and Lean UX? Design thinking is a problem-solving approach that involves empathy for the user, creative ideation, and experimentation to create innovative solutions. The design thinking process typically involves five steps: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test.

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Navigating Uncertainty: Transforming Support Functions for the Digital Era

Moves the Needle

Ideating solutions and validating assumptions through controlled experiments form the bedrock of future policies. However, several overarching steps can be undertaken. Engaging in empathy-driven interactions with business units will help pinpoint challenges within the function’s purview.

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Announcing Momentum Creative Problem Solving (MCPS)

Gregg Fraley

MCPS perfectly complements innovation frameworks like Design Thinking, Agile, and Lean, and quality frameworks like Six Sigma. Nor has the focusing power of projects, or “concept blending” ideation tools designed to achieve breakthrough ideas. Comedy improvisation games and story telling are already integrated with MCPS.

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Innovation Management in 2023: Venture Building & Scaling

Innov8rs

As part of our recent The Innovator’s Handbook 2023 launch event, we discussed this (and more) with Frank Mattes (CEO at Lean Scaleup), Sean Sheppard (Managing Partner at U+), and Susana Jurado (Head of Wayra Builder at Telefónica). Of course, there are some cons we need to consider. Here’s a summary of the conversation we had.