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Please, Can We All Just Stop "Innovating"?

Harvard Business Review

That piece of language, that aspiration, is innovation. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal , which did not get nearly the attention it deserved, made the case that the word "innovation" has outlived its usefulness. But that doesn't mean the companies are actually doing any innovating. Ouch, that's gonna leave a mark!

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Innovating the Toyota, and YouTube, Way

Harvard Business Review

As global innovators, however, they share a remarkable core value and best practice: they invest in the innovative capabilities of their suppliers. The more deeply Jim's essays discussed the nature of supplier relationships, work-flow and value creation in lean enterprise, the keener the connection with YouTube's Space.

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India’s Secret to Low-Cost Health Care

Harvard Business Review

costs by using practices commonly associated with mass production and lean production. When it comes to innovations in health care delivery, these Indian hospitals have surpassed the efforts of other top institutions around the world. This innovation has also reduced costs. Innovation has flourished in the U.S.

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Does Your Leadership Flunk the Testing Test?

Harvard Business Review

Supposedly set to launch this July — and then September — New York City announced that its innovative bike sharing program would be delayed until at least next spring. My favorite excuses are the ones where team leaders piously declare there's simply not enough time or money for testing. The particular object of his ire?

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Britain’s Patient-Safety Crisis Holds Lessons for All

Harvard Business Review

They created and maintained a close connection to frontline staff — what Jim Womack , the expert in lean production and thinking, calls “going to gemba ” — Japanese for “the actual place.”. We need to pay attention to our systems for building effective teams to execute on work and improve. Leading Health Care Innovation.

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