Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2012

In The Lean Start-Up , Eric Ries talked about vanity metrics — numbers that create the illusion of success, rather than validate actual progress. It's learning to balance the freedom creativity required to prosper with the operational discipline to hit the next milestone.

Ries 14

Ries IPO Entrepreneur Maturity 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2013

In my eyes, the work Steve Blank, Eric Ries, and others have done to provide a cogent, accessible frame around the academic concepts of emergent strategy is one of the most important contributions to the innovation movement over the past few years. I love Lean. Be prepared for lean''s consequences.

Ries 8

Ries Telecommunications Business Model Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2013

Middle managers with limited resources and set evaluation metrics will simply operate in a predictable fashion. As Eric Ries and Steve Blank are so quick to point out, innovation requires iteration. It's why Christensen's Innovator's Dilemma is so difficult to overcome.

Innovation 8

Innovation Execution How To Ries 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2013

Eric Ries brought the concept of the Lean Startup into our zeitgeist. From how we initiate a project by establishing metrics and outcomes from the beginning, to being more agile in building programs that can bend, move and iterate as we learn from what the market is telling us (marketing optimization anyone?). Models of leanness.

Marketing 8

Marketing Brand Advertorial Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

As McGrath and MacMillan explained in their original article, “conventional planning operates on the premise that managers can extrapolate future results from a well-understood and predictable platform of past experience.” ” Step 3: Define operational requirements. ” Step 2: Do benchmarking.

Planning 8

Planning Benchmarking Project Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Comprehensive innovation metrics. Balance: the mix of different types of innova­tion (product, service, pricing, distribution, operations, etc.); differ­ent risk cate­go­ries (incremental improvements versus speculative ventures); and differ­ent time horizons. Granted, it is difficult to measure.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8