Kainexus

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The Lean management methodology , also called Lean Production or Lean Manufacturing, was first developed based mainly on the management techniques of Toyota and other Japanese automakers; it was primarily used in manufacturing. Along the way, improvement management software has been developed to support the strategy.

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Cris Beswick

AUGUST 12, 2020

Playing Lean Expert Webinar – Does culture really eat strategy for breakfast? Recognised globally as a thought leader on innovation strategy, leadership and culture, he’s helped some of the world’s most ambitious CEOs, companies and … Continued. And other musings with Cris Beswick. appeared first on Cris Beswick.

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Exago

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Once the go-to strategy for ensuring business efficiency and growth, in the context of the current reality, Lean Management has been branded by some as being outdated. The post How can Lean and Innovation make your business evolve to 4.0? appeared first on Exago.

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Kainexus

JANUARY 27, 2022

Lean product management addresses these challenges by applying Lean thinking to product development and strategy. Another sad reality is that it is common for organizations to make product decisions without really understanding what matters most to the customer.

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Leanstack

APRIL 26, 2021

In this post, Alejandra shares her perspectives on when and how to incorporate lean, agile, and design thinking into your product lifecycle. I have been applying design-led strategies that combine agile and lean for almost 10 years, and while they work, they needed to provide more solid evidence for decision making.

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Digital Tonto

AUGUST 1, 2018

No innovation strategy fits every problem Related posts: The Lean Startup Is Doing More Than Transforming Business, It’s Changing The World. The Lean Startup Is Now Helping To Transform Government. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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IdeaScale

JULY 24, 2023

All of these strategies fall under the Agile umbrella, and in this article, we will compare four of the most popular project management strategies. To provide [.]

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Idea to Value

APRIL 12, 2022

On the other end of the spectrum is Steve Blank, father of the Lean Startup movement (interviewed on the podcast here ), who thinks one should be a fast follower : First-Mover Advantage is an idea that just won’t die. I hear it from every class of students, and each time I try to put a stake through its heart.

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Strategyzer Innovation

MAY 13, 2020

Unfortunately, we only rarely see a clear alignment between strategy and innovation. Steve Blank, founder of the Lean Startup movement, calls this “innovation theatre”. From our experience, nowadays most companies perform some sort of innovation activities. A bunch of innovation activities that do not produce any tangible outcomes.

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ImagineNation

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Lean’ is the buzzword of the last decade, challenging old school thinking that dictates that a successful business must be resource-heavy to achieve sustainable growth, whilst also giving credence to those who want to launch “almost-there” app startups today to achieve market domination tomorrow. Pros for a lean app startup.

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Tim Kastelle

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Part Eight in the Lean Startup Series When teams start out with lean startup, they often build hypotheses that are too precise – we assume we know more than we do. Strategy: Simplify. We need to start our lean startup process with discovery – and that is harder to hypothesise. Take the photo-sharing product example.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In this article, the authors outline five strategies to help you get back in touch with your gut instinct: 1) Lean on your team. It can be disconcerting to feel that your intuition isn’t working the way it should. What happens when, as a leader, you feel your intuition is suddenly failing you? 3) Stop multitasking.

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Leanstack

OCTOBER 30, 2018

I often get asked if one can or should model a non-profit using a Lean Canvas. The lean canvas makes defining how we create value for the donor explicit. There are several variations of the lean and business model canvases now floating around for non-profits and social ventures. Why the lean canvas?

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Kainexus

JANUARY 27, 2023

We recently had the honor of hosting Nick Katko, President and Owner of BMA and author of several books, including The Lean CFO - 2nd Edition and co-author of Practicing Lean Accounting , on a webinar with KaiNexus Senior Advisor Mark Graban, and Senior Director of Lean Strategy, Chris Burnham.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 26, 2023

Innov8rs | Making strategy behind closed doors is a prescription for failure when disruptions are coming from all directions. Formulating and executing a sound organizational strategy is complex. Strategy is often made by elite teams and can thus be limited by their biases about competitors, customer needs, and market forces.

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Moves the Needle

JANUARY 3, 2019

Lean Innovation doesn’t begin and end with product development. Most companies have a product development process that is completely separate from their go to market strategy. The most mature organizations deploy integrated lean innovation practices across the product lifecycle. It does not include product development.

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Idea to Value

APRIL 11, 2023

These criteria should align with the company’s strategy, the expectations on the innovation team, and what the innovation managers believe is required from an overall innovation pipeline and portfolio of projects. That way, all ideas can be judged impartially, since they are all being assessed against the same criteria.

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Kainexus

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Lean Strategist on the KaiNexus Lean Strategy Team. In this blog, Stephanie shares her experience learning the importance of proving impact as a Lean professional. This blog was written by Stephanie Hill, Sr.

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Leanstack

JANUARY 30, 2019

In my last post , I described how sketching an idea on a Lean Canvas is akin to stacking a chain of beliefs. Marketer, Jay Abraham, calls this phenomenon the Strategy of Pre-eminence. Download the Lean(er) Canvas PDF here. Later links rely on earlier links, and cracks in your early links have a ripple effect.

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Moves the Needle

JUNE 14, 2016

Lean Experiment Techniques There are many techniques to consider when designing an effective lean startup experiment, so we decided to capture a few of our favorites below. Even better, see if you can recognize these lean startup experiment examples next time you’re using your favorite application or website.

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Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Lean Startup Week - this year known as Lean Startup Conference - has traditionally been a staple in the innovation industry for bringing both startups and enterprise companies alike into the same sphere in order to discuss advancements in strategy, tactics, ideas, and social impact. Speed Mentoring (powered by Moves the Needle).

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Kainexus

MAY 16, 2019

For those of you who aren’t familiar with him, Mark is an internationally-recognized expert in the field of “Lean Healthcare” and the author of LeanBlog.org and author of the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award-winning book Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Engagement.

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Moves the Needle

JUNE 14, 2016

Lean Experiment Techniques. There are many techniques to consider when designing an effective lean startup experiment, so we decided to capture a few of our favorites below. Even better, see if you can recognize these lean startup experiment examples next time you’re using your favorite application or website.

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Business and Tech

JUNE 24, 2022

As a startup entrepreneur, you wear all the hats — sales, marketing, fulfillment, invoicing, accounting, and business strategy, to name just a few. Whether it’s a specific contact, software, or strategy that you otherwise would not have discovered, the key to growth is leaning into these peer relationships.

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Business and Tech

JUNE 21, 2023

If your strategy is bad or your industry is declining, you may still fail, but you’ll still likely outperform your competition. But, if we embrace the challenge at hand, lean into the struggle, we will find satisfaction and accomplishment. Is a business that’s more fun to work for more likely to succeed? Fun or not fun?

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Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Ingredients for Innovation Success Despite the renaissance in innovation approaches ushered in by luminaries like Steve Blank, Rita McGrath, Alexander Osterwalder, Janice Fraser, and Eric Ries, most innovation departments lack the basic ingredients of success- strategy, resources, scale and methods. You rarely win without a strategy.

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Business and Tech

MARCH 16, 2023

To achieve this heavy lift, it is imperative to execute the national education strategy set forth in the CHIPS Act, which states digital literacy for all is a primary goal.

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helloFUTURE

MAY 22, 2023

In the world of product development, the only constant is change. The market is always evolving, customer expectations are constantly shifting, and your competitors are always on the move. As a corporate innovator, startup founder, or product manager, your task is to stay ahead of the game and churn out new products that not only…

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CMOE

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Avoiding these repercussions requires a robust retention strategy that encourages team members to stick around long term. Below, we discuss the three key elements required in an employee-retention strategy. The 3 Elements of a Successful Retention Strategy. Robust Onboarding Strategy. Why Is Retention Important?

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Innov8rs

MARCH 17, 2024

These decisions include the portfolio needed to translate strategy into initiatives and how to drive and scale initiatives that create new revenue streams. Most of these systems trace back to the Lean Startup. Ultimately, companies with a superior innovation management system make better decisions.

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Kainexus

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Policy deployment, known in Lean circles as Hoshin Kanri or Strategy Deployment, is a technique for ensuring that an organization's strategic goals and objectives drive activities at every level. There are four phases of strategy deployment.

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Destination Innovation

JUNE 8, 2023

This is the list of sections and book summaries: Alltime Classics How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie – 1936 Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill – 1937 The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale – 1952 The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson – 1981 In Search of Excellence (..)

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Leanstack

OCTOBER 30, 2018

I often get asked if one can or should model a non-profit using a Lean Canvas. The lean canvas makes defining how we create value for the donor explicit. There are several variations of the lean and business model canvases now floating around for non-profits and social ventures. Why the lean canvas?

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Digital Tonto

JULY 30, 2023

We can optimize operations, streamline our organizations and motivate our people, but eventually our square-peg business will meet its round-hole world and we will need to adapt, build new skills and shift our strategies. Unfortunately, the overwhelming evidence suggests that we will fail.

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Rmukesh Gupta

JANUARY 28, 2024

In this scenario, how should leaders go about putting together a strategy for their orgs and drive engagement within their teams. Books discussed in the video: Flash Foresight: [link] / 48S4GiF Lean Startup: [link] Blue Ocean Strategy: [link] If you would like to watch us have this conversation, you can do so here.

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Kainexus

AUGUST 23, 2022

Hoshin Kanri, also known as policy deployment, is the Lean management approach for aligning strategy, tactics, and improvement work organization-wide. The words Hoshin Kanri mean "management compass."

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