8 Guiding Lean Principles

8 Guiding Lean Principles

Innovation and transformation are essential parts of any business, and Lean principles have helped many companies create sustainable production systems. This blog explores the eight key Lean principles that have allowed Nike and many others to drive success across their entire organization. Continuous improvement, optimizing the whole, eliminating waste, building quality in, fast delivery, creating knowledge, deferring commitment, and respecting people are the principles that can help integrate Lean into any business strategy.

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The Keys to Leading Innovation, with Greg Brandeau

The Keys to Leading Innovation, with Greg Brandeau

Greg Brandeau, former COO of Maker Media, discusses the keys to leading innovation in this episode of The Innovation Engine podcast.

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Idea Evaluation Matrix | Concept Evaluation Matrix Template

Idea Evaluation Matrix | Concept Evaluation Matrix Template

Learn how to evaluate your ideas with an idea evaluation matrix. This step-by-step guide will help you select, screen, and rank your ideas based on key criteria.

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12 open innovation best practices for the year to come

Open innovation is essential for business growth, but conflicting regulations can hinder innovation potential. Clear operating principles and conflict resolution are key to successful open innovation, as outlined in Gene Slowinski and Matthew Sagal’s “Good Practices in Open Innovation” paper.

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