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Capturing the Innovation Mindset at Bally Technologies

Harvard Business Review

It has a more rigorous organization structure that divides responsibilities between the innovation team and development team, and strengthens management around the opportunity pipeline. The Kaizen events create not only fresh ideas but also a spirit of learning and cooperation through the company. Executing on Innovation.

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Uniting the Religions of Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

When they set out to turn around processes that have become woefully inefficient or ineffective, most companies choose one of four process improvement "religions": Lean , Six Sigma , Business Reengineering or Business Process Management (BPM). In some of these companies, senior managers were dubious about the claims.