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How Leaders Can Reap the Potential of Lean Innovation

Kainexus

When many people think about Lean processes and management , they assume that the goal is to optimize each process with a step-by-step approach to reduce waste and implement incremental improvements. Because people who innovate have bold ideas, but it's Lean thinking that turns fantastic ideas into realities.

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6 Principles of Lean Construction

Kainexus

A growing number of construction firms are embracing the Lean methodology that emphasizes maximizing value for the customer while minimizing waste. Lean construction borrows from the manufacturing approach developed by Toyota after World War II. Greater variation and workflow disruptions are to be expected.

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Bitcoin and Blockchain: A Small Glimpse Into Big Digital Disruptions

Daniel Burrus

For those interested in digital disruption and technological advancements , Bitcoin represented so much more than a way to allegedly make money fast like some type of digital wolf of Wall Street. Trust me when I say it will be far more disruptive than Bitcoin ever had the chance to be. Blockchain: A Whole New Financial Frontier.

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Podcast S4E89: Brant Cooper – The 5E Model of Innovation

Idea to Value

We wrote the first book on the Lean Startup method, The Lean Entrepreneur, and we speak about Lean Innovation and dealing with Uncertainty. Topics covered in this episode: 00:04:00 – The 5E Model of Disruption Poetry. 00:06:00 – Everybody needs to balance execution work with exploration work.

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Exploitation pays your salary while exploration pays your pension

Idea to Value

A few months ago, I had the privilege of sitting down with Steve Blank, widely credited as the founder of the Lean Startup movement, for a fascinating podcast interview. The quote above comes from a foreword he wrote for Lead and Disrupt , which is all about Ambidextrous Organisations.

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It's Time to Disrupt Yourself

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Here are three lean start-up hacks to accelerate your own career.

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We Can’t Stop Disruption

Moves the Needle

We must embrace disruption in order to make it work for all of us. At every level of the organization, people need to look at themselves and ask, “How do I disrupt myself in order to deal with the new reality?”. The devastating COVID-19 pandemic is part of a larger disruption — moving from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age.