Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Lean reflects the natural evolution of business and knowledge-based work: data-driven, yet practicing mindfulness in everyday production. At the team level, Lean prioritizes helping members pinpoint inefficiencies and work together to optimize results for the customer. Driven By Data.

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Efficiency Tools Survey Report 232

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. What specific productivity practices have you brought home to your own family? Further Reading.

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Project Management Agility White Paper 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

By sheer happenstance, I had just gotten a copy of Gemba Walks , a collection of essays by James Womack , a co-author of the automotive classic The Machine That Changed The World and a pioneering importer of Toyota-inspired lean production insights and methodologies to America. Toyota was prepared to help its best suppliers scale.

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Innovation Lean Production Disintermediation Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The most important way to mitigate risk is to become excellent at either engineering, product, selling, or operations and management. Lean Product Development and Customer Development processes) decreases the chance of a startup’s failure. Develop deep expertise — your best risk-mitigation strategy .

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Career Company IPO Christensen 8