Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2012

When I've seen individuals, project teams and organizations humiliatingly — and expensively — fail at innovation, the odds are they overinvested in sophisticated analyses and underinvested in simple tests. My favorite excuses are the ones where team leaders piously declare there's simply not enough time or money for testing.

Leadership 13

Leadership Innovation Lean Production Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2012

I fear that very dynamic is unfolding today with respect to a piece of language and a leadership aspiration that has become the Holy Grail for business thinkers like me. Companies are touting chief innovation officers, innovation teams, innovations strategies, and even innovation days," the hard-hitting piece noted.

Innovation 17

Innovation Airlines Six Sigma Lean Production 17

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

More and more companies are adopting software and product development frameworks like Agile , Scrum , and Kanban — which promote quick, iterative, lean production — to deliver higher quality products, faster. Disclosure: He’s taught and coached many teams at HBR on how to use these same practices.)

Project 8

Project Management Agility White Paper 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2013

I offer three recommendations to ensure that we keep these promises to those who depend on our leadership. 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.”. Health Leadership Operations'

Crisis 9

Crisis Health Care Quality Welch 9