Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 13, 2016

It's almost inevitable that innovation will grow to become an amorphous blob of ideas, techniques, processes, "experts", software and a host of other things. Unfortunately, we are reaching peak innovation offering, which means we'll soon see the dreaded hypenated innovation offering. Coming soon to a bookstore near you.

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Kainexus

OCTOBER 13, 2021

In today’s hyper-competitive and rapidly changing environment, organizations must find innovative ways to improve quality, reduce waste, and get products to market quickly and efficiently. One of the most popular techniques is Standard work.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Methodologies like Lean, Six Sigma , and Kaizen provide proven frameworks for process improvement. Lean eliminates waste, Six Sigma minimizes defects, and Kaizen fosters a culture of continuous improvement. It demonstrates that process improvement isnt only about efficiency but also about fostering creativity and innovation.

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Open Innovation EU

MARCH 30, 2016

During a course we developed at Avans University this winter, we asked students to gather relevant business cases on innovation and entrepreneurship in order to analyse them and prepare discussions around organization design. Source: www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/operations/our-insights/when-toyota-met-e-commerce-lean-at-amazon.

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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

A software developer practicing "agile" thinks of it as a short, iterative cycle of work, often weeks or months, rather than seconds. An entrepreneur practicing "lean startup" methods thinks of it as minimally viable product development effort of a week or less.

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Moves the Needle

JANUARY 8, 2019

How The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards Used Lean Innovation to Create New Value for Their Customers Take this Case Study with you! The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards ( NCARB ), a national non-profit organization, develops standards for licensure and credentialing of architects.

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Leanstack

MARCH 19, 2019

In a recent post, I shared a reference implementation of an innovation funnel built on the Continuous Innovation Framework and cautioned that while funnels are powerful visualization tools, they have their limitations. Innovation funnels, for instance, need at least 2–3 years to go from idea to product/market fit. Guess what?

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How To Innovation Roadmap Software Developers 75

Cris Beswick

MAY 1, 2024

First, let’s unpack a Culture OF Innovation vs A Culture FOR Innovation. Innovation is not a monolithic entity that can be injected into an organisation’s cultural fabric. This definition risks making innovation an end unto itself rather than an output serving the organisation’s strategic interests.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 2, 2024

The same is true for innovation within an organization. Innovation process models serve as navigational charts, guiding businesses from idea inception to successful execution. What is an Innovation Process Model? What is an Innovation Process Model?

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Corporate Innovation

DECEMBER 17, 2015

This is the fourth in a series about corporate innovation co-authored with Steve Blank. Read part one on The Evolution of Corporate R&D , part two on Innovation Outposts in Silicon Valley , and part three The 6 Decisions to Make Before Setting up an Innovation Outpost. Innovation areas the corporation is interested in.

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Corporate Innovation

DECEMBER 17, 2015

This is the fourth in a series about corporate innovation co-authored with Steve Blank. Read part one on The Evolution of Corporate R&D , part two on Innovation Outposts in Silicon Valley , and part three The 6 Decisions to Make Before Setting up an Innovation Outpost. Innovation areas the corporation is interested in.

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Underperforming Technical Team How To Innovation Disruption 56

Planview

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

At Planview, our mission is to build the future of Connected Work, where the world’s organizations can innovate at the speed of a startup. The past decade of digital transformation has made it clear how difficult innovating at speed can be for organizations mired in legacy systems, technical debt, and disconnected decision making.

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Artificial Inteligence Data Roadmap Agile 73

InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

What is the difference between design thinking and Lean UX? How can design thinking help with product development? Design thinking is a problem-solving approach that involves empathy for the user, creative ideation, and experimentation to create innovative solutions. This can lead to more creative and innovative solutions.

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mjvinnovation

APRIL 5, 2019

Among other things, it: enables the implementation of Lean-Agile software at the corporate level; is based on Lean and Agile principles; provides detailed guidance for working on the Portfolio, Value Stream, Program and Team; was designed to meet the needs of all stakeholders within an organization. The benefits of SAFe.

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

I am always surprised when critics complain that the Lean Startup’s Build, Measure, Learn approach is nothing more than “throwing incomplete products out of the building to see if they work.”. It’s time to update Build, Measure, Learn to what we now know is the best way to build Lean startups. Here’s how. Build-Measure-Learn.

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mjvinnovation

MARCH 13, 2019

The KONMARI method has premises that closely resemble lean thinking and agile mindset. And this is exactly the lean thinking heart: remove excesses, impediments and everything else that makes it impossible for us to be productive and assertive. Life is a learning experience and results are byproducts of learning and development.

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mjvinnovation

JUNE 29, 2021

It’s a management format that draws from the same source as Lean and Agile. refers to the third generation of project management models, considered more suited to current business requirements in the context of Digital Transformation – toting more agile, lean, and modern management values. Stimulates creativity and innovation.

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Leanstack

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

After a while, I started building two archetypical personas of an entrepreneur: the artist and the innovator. You can easily substitute Artist with Software Developer, Designer, Creative, Maker, Writer, Author, Hacker, Inventor… He takes a build-first approach which in today’s world is highly risky.

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Technology Created

DECEMBER 23, 2015

How do we innovate? Today, 75% of companies say they’re committed to innovation as one of their top priorities [1]. But most struggle to innovate. Is innovation truly that difficult? How do we differentiate between knowing the skills that are required to innovate and actually being successful at innovation?

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Moves the Needle

AUGUST 18, 2022

There’s been this tendency to kind of munge agile together with lean manufacturing and lean startup or lean innovation. In other words, if a team has a mission that requires building particular software product functionality, the team will likely be composed of all software developers.

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Taivara

MARCH 22, 2017

Quantifying the True Opportunity for Your Innovation. Quantifying the True Opportunity for Your Innovation. You don’t have to attend both sessions, however, you will get the most out of attending both.Kevin Dwinnell is Commercialization Practice Leader for Taivara, a tech innovation and software development firm.

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Huub Rutten

MAY 4, 2021

In my daily practices of developing innovation management methods and software I cannot avoid the term anymore: nearly every development methodology or project management methodology uses EPICS as a kind of starting point for a development project.

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Software Review Agile Software Development Software Developers 52

Huub Rutten

MAY 4, 2021

In my daily practices of developing innovation management methods and software I cannot avoid the term anymore: nearly every development methodology or project management methodology uses EPICS as a kind of starting point for a development project.

Software Review 52

Software Review Agile Software Development Software Developers 52

Huub Rutten

MAY 4, 2021

In my daily practices of developing innovation management methods and software I cannot avoid the term anymore: nearly every development methodology or project management methodology uses EPICS as a kind of starting point for a development project.

Software Review 52

Software Review Agile Software Development Software Developers 52

Leanstack

MARCH 19, 2019

In a recent post, I shared a reference implementation of an innovation funnel built on the Continuous Innovation Framework and cautioned that while funnels are powerful visualization tools, they have their limitations. Innovation funnels, for instance, need at least 2–3 years to go from idea to product/market fit. Guess what?

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How To Innovation Roadmap Software Developers 40

Corporate Innovation

DECEMBER 17, 2015

This is the fourth in a series about corporate innovation co-authored with Steve Blank. Read part one on The Evolution of Corporate R&D , part two on Innovation Outposts in Silicon Valley , and part three The 6 Decisions to Make Before Setting up an Innovation Outpost. Innovation areas the corporation is interested in.

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Underperforming Technical Team How To Innovation Disruption 40

mjvinnovation

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But today, there is no way to postpone the innovation plans in the pipeline. We are already leaving a spoiler: it is crucial to understand how to get value from innovation. The Economy is Digital; companies are born small, lean, lighter, and more innovative. Develop strategies to offer cheaper and yet quality products.

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Moves the Needle

MARCH 1, 2023

Agile and Human-Centered Design The Agile Manifesto of 2001 was a game-changer in product development. The approach empowered software developers to build products in an iterative and flexible manner. It also went beyond just the “how” to build a product and focused on the “why” as well.

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Management Agile Software LEAN 52

Planview

AUGUST 3, 2022

Agile transformation reaches beyond Agile software development practices to include transitioning an entire organization to nimble practices and mindsets. It’s not just about adding agile software; it’s changing the mindset, creating cross-functional teams (and teams of teams), and continuously improving processes and workflows.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2015

This is the fourth in a series about corporate innovation co-authored with Evangelos Simoudis. Read part one on the Evolution of Corporate R&D , part two on Innovation Outposts in Silicon Valley , and part three The 6 Decisions to Make Before Setting up an Innovation Outpost. How do you staff it? In what order?

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mjvinnovation

JULY 27, 2020

Companies with tight schedules and budgets must deal with the reality that product development may not be fast or cheap. Prioritized Resources – MVPs (of Viable Minimum Product) are built, for example, to obtain a lean, first version of the product; and ensure that it meets customer needs while providing value to users.

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Taivara

APRIL 3, 2017

If you missed Part 1 (Seizing the Right Market: Calculating the Potential of New Ideas), you can view the saved livestream of it in the Videos section of the Innovate New Albany Facebook page.Kevin Dwinnell is Commercialization Practice Leader for Taivara, a tech innovation and software development firm.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. Agile has indisputably transformed software development, and many experts believe it is now poised to expand far beyond IT. Of course, Sutherland and Schwaber weren’t alone in their search for innovative methods. They keep customers happier.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2012

They're bad at innovation by design: All the pressures and processes that drive them toward a profitable, efficient operation tend to get in the way of developing the innovations that can actually transform the business. But giving up the pursuit of innovation seems less than satisfying, if not unrealistic. Test to learn.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2012

David Bogaerts and Jael Schuyer are process improvement experts (" Lean Master Black Belts " and "Agile coaches") in the IT and operations group at ING , a leading bank based in the Netherlands. I saw this ripple effect at Nationwide Insurance after speaking to Tom Paider and Tim Heller, managers in the firm's Application Development Center.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2011

In a previous post , I cited Google's "20% time" policy, where software developers spend 20% of their jobs on projects they dream up. Atlassian, an Australian software company, has a similar policy. It also encourages their developers to identify software fixes and new products.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2015

So, like good innovators, we began working on a solution to our colleague’s problem by building an automatic liquor inventory-management system. Our failure highlights a hidden challenge facing innovators today. The simplicity and affordability of innovation has led to too much action without thought.

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