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Scientific Management, Taylorism and how employees are prevented from innovating

Idea to Value

I already told you about their excellent episode on Disruptive Innovation. The classic other example is Lean Manufacturing spearheaded by companies like Toyota with their Toyota Management System. Today I want to highlight another great episode on a topic I learned a lot more about: Taylorism. What is Taylorism?

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Open Strategy: Mastering Disruption From Outside The C-Suite

Innov8rs

Innov8rs | Making strategy behind closed doors is a prescription for failure when disruptions are coming from all directions. Christian reports that corporates with open-minded leadership have over 50% of all strategic initiatives open. It approaches disruption as a threat and aims to provide a solution to handle this threat.

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Using Lean Innovation in the Product Development and Commercialization Process

Moves the Needle

Lean Innovation doesn’t begin and end with product development. The most mature organizations deploy integrated lean innovation practices across the product lifecycle. How Lean Innovation Re-Invents Product Commercialization Production As discussed above, in most companies, product development is considered “pre-commercialization.”

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Using Lean Innovation to Transform the Way the City of Hayward Solves Problems

Moves the Needle

Before and After Lean Innovation: Overview The City of Hayward, California wanted to break away from inefficient and ineffective processes for researching and launching programs, and remove organizational bottlenecks that stood in the way of serving citizens. Download this case study to show to your colleagues, board of directors, or boss.

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Applying lessons from pandemic prepared schools

Christensen Institute

Factor 1: Forward-leaning orientation. This description of the forward-leaning orientation of prepared schools aligns with what the Tools of Cooperation theory describe as “leadership tools.” That groundwork is an essential precursor to having a forward-leaning orientation in a time of crisis.

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Lean Innovation Management – Making Corporate Innovation Work

Steve Blank

—– Lean Innovation Management. In the last five years “ Lean Startup ” methodologies have enabled entrepreneurs to efficiently build a startup by searching for product/market fit rather than blindly trying to execute. The result will be: a new, Lean version of the Three Horizons of Innovation. Here’s how.

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3 education innovations to watch in 2024 (hint: it’s not just about skills and AI)

Christensen Institute

Despite these growing proof points, efforts to improve education lean on mental models, theories of change, and investment strategies that routinely ignore the social side of opportunity. Innovations that scale brokers mark a new wave of disruptive innovations focused on opening more doors to experiences and connections.

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