Tim Kastelle

JUNE 19, 2016

I’ve been running Lean LaunchPad programs for a couple of years now, and all along, I’ve thought that the number of customer development interviews that a team does is a good indicator of how successful they’ll be. Consequently, I thought that the magic in lean startup is customer development. I was wrong.

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InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 30, 2021

Innovate to grow with these innovation book recommendations. These innovation-focused book recommendations will help teach you the skills and techniques needed to grow your business and improve your company’s innovation efforts. Check out our list of design thinking books to read. Books from 2020 & Earlier.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

If you have a project or team needing leadership and management, book an appointment with me now and we can speak about how I could help you. Lean Innovation, Validation & Execution) framework. There are numerous tools designed specifically for critical, timeconsuming parts of managing teams and projects. Leverage A.I.

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Idea to Value

DECEMBER 13, 2022

If you have an event and are planning to book an inspirational speaker , ensure that the topic highlights how creativity can be enhanced, at any age. The challenge is that for all innovation projects, it is impossible to know what the final solution or target KPIs will be once all the investigation, design and iteration is complete.

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Boxes and Arrows

AUGUST 13, 2013

Overall I found Lean UX to be an incredibly insightful and helpful compilation of principles and suggestions for practice/improving process and collaboration as outlined in my review of the book. Are there ways of, for instance, breaking into smaller teams for Lean UX while still tackling larger solutions that you have seen work well?

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 5, 2020

This InnovationTraining.org guest article from Tendayi Viki is a selection from his latest book, Pirates In The Navy. There are three main elements that intrapreneurs need to think about before they start working; Leadership Support Organization Design and Innovation Practice. On Understanding Your Company Before You Start Innovating.

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Leanstack

JANUARY 10, 2019

A question I get a lot is: Why isn’t the Lean Canvas laid out more logically? Lean Canvas The main reason for this particular layout was legacy. Lean Canvas was derived from the Business Model Canvas. To compensate for usability, I published a suggested fill order in my first book: Running Lean.

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Innovation Excellence

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Today was one of those times when an email dropped into my inbox stating that Palgrave Macmillan, the publisher of my latest book Charting Change is offering it at a ridiculous Cyber Week Sale price of $9.99 Every so often something comes through your inbox that seems too good to be true. on the USA.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We used AI to identify the most frequently asked questions about design thinking. Here are your design thinking FAQs and answers. You can also see our “human” responses to the big question: what is design thinking ? Design Thinking Frequently Asked Questions 1. Design Thinking Frequently Asked Questions 1.

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 23, 2017

If you are new to Value Proposition Design, think of it as the third leg of a stool consisting of Lean Startup and Design Thinking as the other legs — all three are similar in intent and each provides valuable tools, arguably with Alex’s tools being most valuable to product managers who think like product leaders — or in my words, product masters. (..)

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hackerearth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

To help innovation officers and wannabe innovators in their task, we’ve put together the best books to inspire you and help your company and workforce stay relevant. Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Peter Drucker In this classic book published in 1985, Peter F. Obviously, the books is rife with exciting anecdotes and case studies.

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Boxes and Arrows

AUGUST 13, 2013

It tied in quite nicely with the book I’m reviewing here. As sometime director of Design at Infragistics, I personally have had first hand experience trying to integrate UX into an existing, established Agile engineering process with large-ish teams. Enter the book. Lean UX has its own challenges.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

He’s the author of numerous books and an expert on how lean principles can be used to drive innovation. His latest book, What a Unicorn Knows , is available on Amazon and reveals the secrets to building high growth startups. Here’s a Q&A with Matt that highlights the key points in the book.

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Planview

AUGUST 22, 2024

” Our approach is designed to be accessible. As a project management leader passionate about process improvement, how have you applied Lean or Agile methodologies to enhance efficiency and reduce waste? Her book, Change Enthusiasm , and brief videos offer practical advice on overcoming resistance.

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Kainexus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

James Womack and Dan Jones are the founders of the Lean Enterprise Institute and the Lean Enterprise Academy (UK), respectively. Their book, Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation , is considered by some to be the bible of Lean manufacturing. A department can't exist as a silo.

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Moves the Needle

JANUARY 3, 2019

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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Leanstack

OCTOBER 1, 2015

This is exactly what the LEAN Sprint is designed to do. What is the LEAN Sprint A LEAN sprint is a time-boxed iteration cycle for sourcing, ranking, and testing new ideas. We have successfully applied LEAN Sprints internally in our team and across several dozen entrepreneurial teams at startups and large organizations.

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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

GUEST POST from Greg Satell Ever since Eric Reis published his bestselling book, The Lean Startup, the idea of a minimum viable product (MVP) has captured the imagination of entrepreneurs and product developers everywhere. The idea of testing products faster and cheaper has an intuitive logic that simply can’t be denied.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 22, 2017

The practice of lean thinking, design thinking, visual thinking have increasingly started to dominate our “innovation thinking.” If we start looking through these archetypes as lenses we might begin to ‘flesh out’ the needs to think through when we look at a whole system design for innovation.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

A “lean” approach amplifies both profits and purpose. The obvious place to turn is innovation approaches such as design thinking , rapid prototyping , and open innovation. Thus, if you hope to move the needle appreciably, you’ll need to design and validate an engine that will accelerate growth over time.

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Leanstack

MARCH 14, 2019

A brief history of the Continuous Innovation Framework The early scaffolding for the Continuous Innovation Framework was described in my first book: Running Lean. March 9, 2012 - Running Lean Meta-Process - Lean Canvas Continuous Innovation Framework 2.0?—?June Version History Continuous Innovation Framework 1.0?—?March

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

I had the chance to take a look at the new book “Built to Innovate” by INSEAD professor Ben Bensaou. It reminded me how important it is to highlight the ultimate organizational design principle: Structure follows strategy. It’s the foundation of organizational design. Different models approach innovation differently.

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Legacy Innovation Group

APRIL 1, 2019

Lean is Dead. Long Live Lean! Twenty four years ago, James Womack, Daniel Jones, and Daniel Roos introduced our world to a modern understanding of the concept of Lean Production. Lean Production was, and still is, a profoundly powerful management philosophy for the mass production of uniform goods.

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Matthew May

AUGUST 28, 2015

It captures the entire strategy formulation process, including the identification of the key strategic issue, reverse engineering, and initial test design, as detailed in Roger Martin and A.G. Lafley’s book, Playing to Win. Craft a “lean” experiment focused on your most worrisome what-must-be-true. This one is.

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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?” The concept of human-centered design sets out a counterbalance which puts the human and social imperatives first and foremost.

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Tullio Siragusa

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Blending Metrics and Empathy with Design Thinking: The New Paradigm in Leadership The contemporary leadership environment requires a meticulous balance between quantitative evaluations and genuine human connection. With Design Thinking as the tool, a new paradigm is set to emerge, merging metrics-driven and empathy-driven leadership.

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Gregg Fraley

APRIL 20, 2021

MCPS perfectly complements innovation frameworks like Design Thinking, Agile, and Lean, and quality frameworks like Six Sigma. The creator of MCPS is Gregg Fraley, the author of the creativity book, Jack’s Notebook. Register now for the training , and stay tuned for the white paper and book about this new approach.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 25, 2022

The first business plan focused on creating a platform for a whole series of “Easy” online booking portals, like EasyCuts for hairstylist appointments and EasyPutts for golf reservations. We can also see how these approaches were precursors to larger movements in lean startup, design thinking, and agile.

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Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 12, 2009

Boxes And Arrows : The Design Behind the Design Register or Log In Search Stories Ideas Forums People Events Jobs About December Issue, 2008 Jens Jacobsen 32 Reputation points Jens likes writing for multimedia and loves tracking down usability issues. He founded the company “ Content Crew ” in 2006, and is its CEO since this time.

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Leanstack

JANUARY 10, 2019

A question I get a lot is: Why isn’t the Lean Canvas laid out more logically? Lean Canvas The main reason for this particular layout was legacy. Lean Canvas was derived from the Business Model Canvas. To compensate for usability, I published a suggested fill order in my first book: Running Lean.

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Christensen Institute

MARCH 22, 2022

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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Integrative Innovation

MARCH 16, 2014

The corresponding integration of incremental and radical innovation can basically be achieved in different ways: Building ambidextrous and lean startup capabilities. The first on-line book retailer was the Ohio bookseller Charles Stack, entering the market four years prior to Amazon. – different processes.

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Boxes and Arrows

MAY 5, 2014

It is a useful and powerful tool for user experience designers, but also for business, engineering, and marketing… basically anyone who needs to communicate complexity. The best known in start-up circles is the lean startup process. I teach user experience design, and my syllabus always includes concept models.

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Rapid Innovation in digital time

JUNE 24, 2021

Design tech products customers love, and that will work for your business! Inspired by Marty Cagan guides you in your way to attract the right people, to build the right product with the right process.

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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. We’re currently running a small Lean LaunchPad course at University of Queensland, and listening to the updates on Friday got me thinking about this all over again – all the teams were aiming too broadly.

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Christensen Institute

JUNE 2, 2022

There should be a strategic education reserve of systems and processes that in an emergency time a lot of people can lean on.”. There should be a strategic education reserve of systems and processes that in an emergency time a lot of people can lean on. But our infrastructure that has been in design for quite some time really thrived.

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Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

With many corporate startups taking inspiration from sources such as Steve Blank’s book The Lean Startup, which was never designed for the context of a large organization, are they in fact doomed to fail? “ In general we find that it takes about three years to build a fully functional capability for strategic innovation.

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