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“Lean Startup, or Business Model Design, or Design Thinking?” is the Wrong Question

Leanstack

Frameworks by definition are loose scaffolding that provides structure, guidelines, and playbooks versus prescriptive processes found in methodologies. Every company needs to simultaneously optimize their existing business model (sustain) and search for the next evolution of the business model (disrupt). not a methodology.

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“Lean Startup, or Business Model Design, or Design Thinking?” is the Wrong Question

Leanstack

Frameworks by definition are loose scaffolding that provides structure, guidelines, and playbooks versus prescriptive processes found in methodologies. Every company needs to simultaneously optimize their existing business model (sustain) and search for the next evolution of the business model (disrupt). not a methodology.

LEAN 40
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5 Tech Issues That Can Slow Down Innovation

IdeaScale

Sometimes the problem is compatibility with legacy systems, but there are also skills gaps to overcome, decisions about how much tech you need and where to apply it, and coping with business disruption or temporary lags in productivity. 1 The Devil in Design. 2 The Expense of Acquisition and Training. 3 Reimagining Corporate Culture.

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Leveraging Venture Building for Long-Term Returns

Innov8rs

The dilemma is further exacerbated by corporate governance systems designed for operational excellence rather than innovation. The pressure for immediate financial performance is at odds with the long-term investment required for disruptive ventures, which may not contribute substantially to top or bottom line for years.

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The core principles of Leading FOR Innovation

Cris Beswick

They are not always intentional or by design. The ultimate manifestation of this is to figure out how to disrupt yourself inside the safety of an innovation process before a competitor (existing or new) does it for you. It’s imperative to discern which underlying assumptions still hold true and which are ripe for disruption.

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5 Excuses of companies that don't innovate (and how to overcome them)

Moves the Needle

There’s a pervasive myth that suggests that all big companies need to get better at disruptive or breakthrough innovation. At Intuit, MTN Co-Founder Aaron Eden started the snowball by running “LeanStartIN” workshops under the radar to teach lean startup to small handfuls of colleagues. They don’t. And they can’t anyway. No one can.

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5 Excuses of Companies that Don’t Innovate (And How to Overcome Them)

Moves the Needle

There’s a pervasive myth that suggests that all big companies need to get better at disruptive or breakthrough innovation. At Intuit, MTN Co-Founder Aaron Eden started the snowball by running “LeanStartIN” workshops under the radar to teach lean startup to small handfuls of colleagues. They don’t. And they can’t anyway. No one can.

Company 64