Moves the Needle

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Henry Ford’s great insight was that if he could reduce the cost of cars such that his decently-paid employees could afford to buy the automobile they made, he’d have a massive market. His very lean progressive assembly process was the result. The number of competitors in most open markets is incredible and increasing rapidly.

Management 61

Management Innovation Management LEAN Design Thinking 61

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Finding time is a real struggle and going that extra mile to read thought leadership views, long often drawn out reports or academic papers can be a step too far, I know but I can’t help myself, it is part of my job and certainly for me, many are really worth the read in a positive end result of new learning. Beyond Design Thinking.

Design Thinking 100

Design Thinking Analysis Design Learning 100

Innov8rs

MARCH 4, 2023

Yet sporadic innovation is not enough to keep up with changing markets and evolving demanding customer needs. Building An Innovation Capability: Limits To Overcome Innovation is about bringing something new to the market that has value for customers and (hopefully) generates profit for the business. Here’s a summary of his remarks.

How To 59

How To Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Culture 59

Planview

APRIL 13, 2017

Lean is the top Continuous Improvement method. When it came to which method practitioners use to drive CI success most often, the Lean method topped the list, followed by Kaizen and Six Sigma. Who do CI practitioners report to? Based on the data we collected, CI practitioners report to a variety of people within their companies.

Survey 45

Survey LEAN Report Agile 45

Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Not Design Thinking?” After a bit of gab about projects, Design Thinking, and other industry buzzwords, I promised to get back to him with a more thoughtful answer — and then I changed the topic! Research into customer and market needs is essential, no doubt. ” “What!

Project 74

Project Training Design Thinking Innovation 74

Planview

APRIL 13, 2017

Lean is the top Continuous Improvement method. When it came to which method practitioners use to drive CI success most often, the Lean method topped the list, followed by Kaizen and Six Sigma. Who do CI practitioners report to? Based on the data we collected, CI practitioners report to a variety of people within their companies.

Survey 40

Survey LEAN Report Agile 40

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 26, 2015

There is this increasing need to understand and incorporate ecosystems, platforms, and the greater use of analytics, big data and reliance on technology into our innovation thinking. To help me here I want to acknowledge the work going on over at the IIRC with their <IR> reporting. I think not.

Management 100

Management Innovation Report Leadership 100

Integrative Innovation

MAY 2, 2017

However, there are only few reports that ideas coming out from these approaches really moved the needle. Quite contrary, there is an increasing number of stories showing that prestigious companies, some of them world market leaders, have been shutting down their innovation centers. So, what is going on here? So, what is going on here?

Ideation 61

Ideation Innovation LEAN Disruption 61

The Inovo Group

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Independent reporting – They were independent of core corporate functions like R&D, Marketing, and Business Development. They reported directly to the CTO. By simply counting the number of future-oriented sentences in annual reports we can predict future innovation by the firm”.

System 53

System Innovation Groups Leadership 53

Taivara

AUGUST 29, 2018

Employees who see their innovative thinking is not really valued (especially by middle-management to whom they report), will stop trying to create, stifling innovation. Encourage people reporting to you to experiment. And yet conformity tells us that we mustn’t challenge or invent, but instead tread the well-trodden path.

Culture 44

Culture Company Underperforming Technical Team Disruption 44

IM Insights

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

So, when I started out becoming interested in lean startup and the sort of things, you were one of the big names, right. And so now, you’re teaching in universities as well, I think, yeah. And your company’s called Lean Ventures, right? . They forced me to actually name it Lean Ventures International.

Innovation Management 40

Innovation Management Management Innovation Report 40

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

There is this sense that consultants are resolutely staying very internally driven, self-promoting, still trying to convey the story of innovation mastery, when clearly this is lacking in rapidly changing market and technology conditions and due to this staying ahead of the knowledge curve are actually failing the client.

Innovation 60

Innovation Collaboration Technical Review Leadership 60

Tim Kastelle

MARCH 13, 2016

Tim’s Comment: There’s one other way that this idea plays out too – figuring out how to use lean startup techniques inside of established organisations. Depending on the maturity level, distinct objectives and priorities are reported (see figure below).

Innovation Management 100

Innovation Management Management Underperforming Technical Team Big Data 100

Integrative Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2016

As can be seen from the figure below, co-creation platforms feature some special characteristics that have a major impact on shaping new market environments: Created solutions are integrated and often cross-industry. It requires a more deliberated approach, such as the lean startup process, design thinking or a combination thereof.

Underperforming Technical Team 40

Underperforming Technical Team Big Data Innovation Technical Review 40