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Office of Naval Research (ONR) Goes Lean

Steve Blank

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has been one of the largest supporters of innovation in the U.S. Now they are starting to use the Lean Innovation process (see here and here ) to turn ideas into solutions. The result will be defense innovation with speed and urgency. Lean Innovation is a Process.

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8 Types of Innovation in Business: A Comprehensive Guide

Qmarkets

In this guide, we’re unpacking eight critical types of innovation that businesses leverage to carve out their niches, disrupt markets, and write their success stories. Radical innovation is about making significant leaps forward, often creating new industries or reshaping existing ones.

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Removing the Roadblocks to Corporate Innovation – When Theory Meets Practice

Steve Blank

His groups whole-heartedly adopted and adapted Lean. His innovators and stakeholders curated and prioritized their problems/idea/technology before handing them off. Karl’s innovation pipeline had hundreds of employees going through weekend hackathons. and apply the appropriate policy. Recognizing the Roadblocks.

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The Red Queen Problem – Innovation in the DoD and Intelligence Community

Steve Blank

Innovation, disruption, accelerators, have all become urgent buzzwords in the Department of Defense and Intelligence community. Some are strategic peers, some are near peers in specific areas, some are threats as non-state disrupters operating with no rules. “…it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place. ”.

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How companies strangle innovation – and how you can get it right

Steve Blank

I took one look at the process they came up with and could have sworn that it was invented by the company’s competitors to throttle innovation. The new innovation process had lots of paperwork – committees, application forms and presentations, and pitches. There were no requirements for the innovator.

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The core principles of Leading FOR Innovation

Cris Beswick

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. By dedicating resources to these horizons, organisations can future-proof their businesses and stay ahead of industry disruptions.

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Getting to “Yes” for Corporate Innovation

Steve Blank

Over the last 9 months his staff got innovation teams operating with speed and urgency. The innovation pipeline had been rationalized. His groups whole-heartedly adopted and adapted Lean. His teams, not outside consultants, would write their own innovation processes and procedures. and apply the appropriate policy.