Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We got our black belts in six-sigma; words or acronyms like Kaizen, PDCA, TQM, QC and ISO became everyday parts of our work language. ” Welcome to the era of growth through innovation. His excitement came from a genuinely ecstatic space, not a feature he donned like a mask to attract attention or influence an outcome.

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Six Sigma TQM Airlines Wilde 150

Deming Institute

JANUARY 30, 2017

Lean organizations engage every employee, regardless of the letters after their names, in improvement through Plan Do Study Adjust cycles and a Kaizen improvement process. Mark is also the Vice President of Improvement & Innovation Services for the software company KaiNexus. Many hands go up. But, there’s still too big of a gap.

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Deming Kaizen System Quality 28

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

I'd been asked to run an innovation workshop for Procter & Gamble's R&D group because of a book I had written. While I disagreed with some parts, this was a fascinating glimpse into P&G's innovation aspirations. I immediately grasped that P&G's innovation vocabulary was far more important to my effectiveness than my own.

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Innovation Workshop Lean Manufacturing Kaizen 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Think of Charles Darwin, the ultimate disruptive innovator. An idea can change an entire industry and ideas, from kaizen to the balanced scorecard , continually transform the way we work and lead our businesses. Or consider the influence of Clayton Christensen, who tops the new ranking. First, ideas are important.

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Blue Ocean Strategy Management Christensen Balanced Scorecard 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2012

Innovators betting on "out of the box" thinking or "faster, better, cheaper" innovation paradigms for success all too frequently find themselves — and their customers — disappointed. to "What does our innovation really ask customers to become?" This turns more traditional notions of innovation value inside-out.

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Human Capital Supply Chain Kaizen Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2012

Innovators betting on "out of the box" thinking or "faster, better, cheaper" innovation paradigms for success all too frequently find themselves — and their customers — disappointed. to "What does our innovation really ask customers to become?" This turns more traditional notions of innovation value inside-out.

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Human Capital Supply Chain Kaizen Innovation 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2013

"Offers" usefully blurred categorical and cultural distinctions between "product" and "service" innovation. The more people talked, the clearer it became: "offers" was simply a better word and organizing principle for generating more innovative innovation scenarios. Communication Innovation Leadership' Language matters.

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Ulrich Kaizen Innovation Competitive Advantage 9