Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 8, 2018

This is the story of how SAY San Diego is using Lean Innovation to create real, powerful change in their community. For SAY San Diego, we ran two Lean Innovation Bootcamps and Accelerators , and facilitated a two-hour leadership session in order to begin shifting their culture from status quo to value creation.

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Cris Beswick

MAY 1, 2024

Decades later, the form-follows-function paradigm became deeply embedded across industrial design, software development, and systems engineering disciplines. For example, a traditional industrial manufacturer leveraging emerging digital technologies might establish a new software engineering arm.

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Moves the Needle

MARCH 1, 2023

” The program manager was part of the Engineering department. The primary function was to serve as the bridge between Engineering and Marketing. It was not unusual to find PM’s who reported into Engineering at the time, the two cases perhaps reflecting the above origin stories. But don’t ask how many when we did.)

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

A “lean” approach amplifies both profits and purpose. A new book by Silicon Valley tech veteran and innovation advocate Ann Mei Chang, Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good explores the unique challenges that can deter social innovation. Are you wed to deploying a particular technology?

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Innov8rs

JANUARY 17, 2024

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Tim Kastelle

JANUARY 19, 2016

Part 7 in The Lean Startup Series We interviewed the plant manager and he said that they didn’t have any problems with scale, but we know that they do! That’s what a team working on anti-scaling technology reported back early in the Lean LaunchPad process. All of them have different, sometimes competing, needs.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 24, 2019

From that wave we've had successive efficiency strategies: Six Sigma (an outgrowth of the quality movement), business process re-engineering, lean, outsourcing and right-sizing. This was in response to the Japanese companies doing a better job building high quality cars and electronics.

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Innovation 360 Group

JULY 10, 2018

Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, which is the highest level of expertise for a consultant, coach and master trainer for improving organization culture of problem solving, continuous improvement and innovation to achieve lower cost, faster delivery time and high customer satisfaction. Lean for Business Processes.

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Innovation 360 Group

MAY 17, 2018

My experience spans across technology-enabled strategy and implementation to enable organizations (finance, banking, insurance, retail, telecom, logistics, healthcare) create value, take out cost, and develop competitive advantage. Area of expertise: Lean & Agile Management. Agile Engineering Practices. DevOps Practices.

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Innovation 360 Group

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Allan is a dynamic professional from the field of Industrial Engineering and Management specializing in Project Management, Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship, Quality Management, Leadership and Change Management. Quality Management – Lean, Six Sigma, TQM, ISO. Commercial Officer Asia-Pacific. Background. Innovation Management.

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Tim Kastelle

FEBRUARY 7, 2015

I ran into more examples today in Carlota Perez’s brilliant book Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital. Oil refining and the internal combustion engine developed within the steam-engine world of the third revolution, being used mainly for luxury automobiles. But they’re already in use right now in mines.

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hackerearth

MARCH 5, 2018

Although failure is a stigma to the corporate world, Eric Reis, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur-turned-VC-turned author and founder of Lean Startup Movement, encourages companies to embrace the concept of “failing fast”. They adhere to lean principles of product development. They are tech-savvy.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 29, 2015

These have been advances in technology, methodology or design- thinking and we do need to stop and think about how we could do ‘things’ differently by asking “what is possible?” We are then moving back towards the desirable to then push harder for our ‘engineered’ solution.

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Innovation 360

APRIL 30, 2017

I am an engineer in mechatronics and electrical engineering with a pronounced scientific, philosophical and creative bend of mind. Which is why, I am more than an engineer or an innovator. Project Management and LEAN. in Electrical Engineering/Visveswaraiah Technological University, India. Background.

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Innovation 360 Group

APRIL 3, 2017

Allan is a dynamic professional from the field of Industrial Engineering and Management specializing in Project Management, Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship, Quality Management, Leadership and Change Management. Quality Management – Lean, Six Sigma, TQM, ISO. Commercial Manager & Senior Consultant. Background.

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Innovation 360 Group

APRIL 29, 2017

Quality Management, Lean, Six Sigma and TQM. Master of Science in Product Innovation Management, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden. Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden. IP- Strategy and Licensing. Leadership and Change Management.

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Innov8rs

JANUARY 16, 2023

As part of our recent The Innovator’s Handbook 2023 launch event, we discussed this (and more) with Frank Mattes (CEO at Lean Scaleup), Sean Sheppard (Managing Partner at U+), and Susana Jurado (Head of Wayra Builder at Telefónica). Why can it be so hard for corporates to launch substantial new businesses? Business Building: Pros and Cons.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

We fail to constantly review and re-engineer the innovation process and tend to layer more upon it, without a consistent reassessing what we are trying to achieve. It is this ‘raw’ power of technology that is transforming much. This often needs different perspectives to form the final position.

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Moves the Needle

JANUARY 22, 2016

Here’s why: Modern market research methods, like Lean Startup, do a great job of focusing on customer-centric discovery. It generates insights through empathy (one of the 3 E’s of Lean Innovation, see 5 Ways to Spark Innovation at Your Organization ). Market research often falls short when it comes to innovation.

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Innovation 360

APRIL 29, 2017

Quality Management, Lean, Six Sigma and TQM. Master of Science in Product Innovation Management, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden. Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden. IP- Strategy and Licensing. Leadership and Change Management.

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mjvinnovation

MAY 29, 2019

Scrum is highly applicable to define priorities in processes and optimize management development in different segments – Consulting, Technology, HR, Telecommunications, Marketing, Engineering, Insurance, Health, among others. Engineering companies with HR and PD management process XP well on their payroll, for example.

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Moves the Needle

APRIL 8, 2021

Innovator’s take: Horizon 2 is defined as “incremental” innovation , which typically means modifying existing products or technology to create new markets, or applying external technology in new ways. They will come from a combination of efforts: Scouting technology to learn how existing needs will be solved in the future.

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Anaqua

APRIL 18, 2018

As the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) says: “More than ever before, women are taking up leadership roles and making their voices heard in science, technology, business and the arts.”. That stayed with her and, after five years as an engineer at IBM, she decided to go to law school. It's very rewarding.

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Integrative Innovation

JANUARY 7, 2015

Yesterday, I was quite delighted to see my post Integrating Lean Startup and Design Thinking ranked #11 of the Top 100 Innovation Posts 2014 at Innovation Excellence. First, most Silicon Valley startups were (and primarily still are) technology-driven. No one size fits all.

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Open Innovation EU

MARCH 30, 2016

The course was based on the following model: The following list is a selection of the business cases they found, mostly based on the Lean Startup, Lean Enterprise, Corporate Entrepreneurship and agile/Scrum – all available freely and online for use at your disposal, so I decided to share them with you. jaguar/lean-production/.

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Tim Kastelle

APRIL 30, 2016

Similarly, about 70 percent of disruptive innovators also lean toward a more centralized approach. A two-engine operating model holds particular promise for companies looking to achieve flexibility, as well as higher returns from their innovation investments. Engine 2 efforts are disruptive and potentially game changing.

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Tullio Siragusa

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Metrics-Driven Leadership: The Spine of Objectivity In an era dominated by data and rapid technological advancements, the paradigm of leadership has gravitated towards a model that emphasizes numbers, results, and predictability. Let’s explore this synthesis.

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Gregg Fraley

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Imagine someone pouring crazy glue into your car engine, that’s how a bad team can affect an organization. It can augment, Lean, Design Thinking or Agile approaches. Digital Technology or Cross-Functional teams. R&D or Engineering teams. Most teams muddle along, and get the essential things done — or not.

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Planview

AUGUST 12, 2022

And with the acceleration of digital transformation and technology in recent years, that number has likely increased. A product team might consist of designers, engineers, and product managers, among other roles. A 2018 Gartner survey found that 85% of companies prefer a product-centric model. There’s also the issue of ownership.

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Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Strength might come from technology invention, distribution, raw materials, or dominance in a particular market. Competitive advantage might be product quality (durability) or green technology. Technology and startups: Where are venture capital investors putting money related to your markets? It’s better to buy one’s way in.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 26, 2021

Employees have the knowledge, experience, and skill set to keep the engine of a business running day in and day out – so tapping into this with an employee innovation program can open a realm of possibilities. Businesses should always be on the look out and scout for new trends and technology.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

I was a mechanical engineer myself, so I know what it means to deal with the pressure on the shop floor in R&D and in the plants. This demands not only new technologies, but also rethinking and reorganizing our complete ecosystem. For me the timing is very key, because it influences our cash position directly.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

I was a mechanical engineer myself, so I know what it means to deal with the pressure on the shop floor in R&D and in the plants. This demands not only new technologies, but also rethinking and reorganizing our complete ecosystem. For me the timing is very key, because it influences our cash position directly.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

I was a mechanical engineer myself, so I know what it means to deal with the pressure on the shop floor in R&D and in the plants. This demands not only new technologies, but also rethinking and reorganizing our complete ecosystem. For me the timing is very key, because it influences our cash position directly.

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Moves the Needle

AUGUST 19, 2019

Noel: “I describe myself as an innovation product development life engineer who’s worked on product development teams through most of my early career and mostly in technology-driven companies, and after business school, went into consulting. There’s a lot of highly interdependent moving pieces in that engine, if you will.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

What is the difference between design thinking and Lean UX? There are several ways to learn design thinking, including: Taking a course: Many universities and colleges offer courses on design thinking, either as part of a design or engineering program or as a standalone course. How can I apply design thinking to my business?

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Innov8rs

AUGUST 22, 2023

It’s easy to say “we need a growth engine”. To succeed with corporate venture building, lean on one of the main resources you already have: your people. They’re not startup founders, and they have rarely identified or built new approaches and new technologies that drive organic growth from within. The question really is – how?

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