Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 12, 2011

This definition comes from Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses. The Lean Startup delivers a lot of great insight for leadership and product management. Ries gives a detailed personal example of this concept from his work at IMVU.

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Ries Company Entrepreneur Agility 216

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Over the course of 25 years working in technology Josh has developed specialities that include Lean UX, interaction design, service design, and user experience design in agile software development environments. Eric Ries called their most recent book, Sense & Respond , “A crucial framework for the modern world of business.”

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Ries Organization Succession Agility 104

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

When transitioning from waterfall to agile development, the design team brings these preconceptions with it. But the fundamental difference between the two approaches is that agile development actually is an iterative process. Successful agile teams focus on problem statements. Solving problems strengthens teams.

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Agility Ries Constraint Software 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

It’s a framework for entrepreneurs, building on “The Lean Startup” by Eric Ries. The Lean Startup is an approach to developing new products that came out of “Agile” software development, with “sprints” (quick deliverables) and fast learning. Vic Roos, Lead Purchasing Program Manager, explained, “We let a finance guy in the room.

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Ries Waterman Finance Competitive Advantage 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2014

Since launches should be grounded in a brand foundation while at the same time being pursued with agility and speed, today’s entrepreneurs require an alternative to a complete, robust brand platform. But being agile and responsive doesn’t require a ready-fire-aim approach when it comes to brand strategy.

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Brand Ries Entrepreneur Agility 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

Ned Barnholt is the former CEO of Agilent Technologies, the measurement company, and these days he's one of the more respected executives in Silicon Valley. While he's able to grin about it now, before Agilent spun off from Hewlett Packard in 1999, Barnholt and his colleagues learned from some of the largest failures in HP's history.

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Ries Agility Market Segmentation Christensen 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

GE is an icon of management best practices. That includes learning from the outside and striving to adopt certain start-up practices, with a focus on three key management processes: (1) resource allocation that nurtures future businesses, (2) faster-cycle product development, and (3) partnering with start-ups.

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Six Sigma Incubator Payback Period Ries 8