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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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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. Blockchain is the software behind digital currency like Bitcoin. Blockchain: A Whole New Financial Frontier.

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Have organizations become more collaborative over 25 years? What has enabled that?

Paul Hobcraft

Lean startup: Lean startup is a methodology that helps organizations validate their ideas early and often. By focusing on rapid experimentation and learning, lean startup enables organizations to identify and eliminate waste, reduce risk, and increase the likelihood of success. I personally don’t think so.

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Business Model Innovation: 5 Frameworks for Success

Qmarkets

This innovation disrupted traditional media consumption, shifting from physical rentals and purchases to unlimited on-demand digital content, and significantly impacting the cable TV industry. Adobe: Originally selling packaged software, the company shifted to a subscription-based cloud service with its Adobe Creative Cloud.

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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. Install automated error detection software that deploys real-time alerts.

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How Consulting Will Likely Change Because of the Pandemic

Leapfrogging

The consulting industry was already being disrupted before the coronavirus. Now the disruption is accelerating. I’ve already written about how the management-consulting industry is being disrupted by various trends like emerging technologies, the commodification of knowledge, and outdated business models.

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Recognizing the Building Blocks of Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

The tool and techniques that stand out for me, in their contribution, value and my use have been, in no specific order, cover the jobs-to-be-done , ten types of innovation, crossing the chasm , blue ocean, business model canvas and value proposition canvas, building core competencies , lean start-up, agile and design sprints.