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What it Takes to Win at New Product Development: A Conversation with Steve Spear
MIT’s Steve Spear shares what sets winning product development teams apart—from building fast-learning cultures to leading through complexity—and how leaders…
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Engineering for the Future: A Conversation with MIT D-Lab Founder Amy Smith
Amy Smith shares how the D-Lab’s unique approach to design, knowledge sharing, and community partnership drives meaningful innovation in international…
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Socially Responsible Design Meets Lean Product and Process Development: A Conversation with Cynthia E. Smith
In this episode of the WLEI podcast, explore how socially responsible design tackles real-world challenges—and why collaboration is key to…
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Editor’s Picks for Lean Posts to Help You Improve Your Work Monday Morning
Our picks for the most practical, "how-to" style posts we've published on the Post to date. These posts are chock…
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Improving a Complex Process that Saves Lives: Lean Transformation at LifeShare Donor Services of Oklahoma
"This is a model, like a lot of good leadership models, where you teach people the thinking and then need…
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Crossing Silos: Connecting Disconnected Communities at LeanUX NYC
LEI’s John Shook will give a talk, “Lean is About Building an Organization That Learns to Learn" at this year's…
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Public Service: Lean’s Next Frontier?
John O'Donnell and Lex Schroeder share the thinking behind LEI's new Public Service Value Network and invite you to contribute…
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Lean Product Development is About Thinking Horizontally in a Vertical World
Check out the blog from Day 2 of the Lean Product and Process Development Exchange (North America) conference in Durham,…
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How to Coach a Person Who Doesn’t Want to be Coached?
How do you coach someone who doesn't need your help or who thinks they know everything? This was one of…
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5 Skills to Strengthen Your Coaching Practice
As we look ahead to this month's coaching summit, here are 5 actions you can take now to become a…
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The Best Lean Healthcare Stories You May Have Missed
Looking ahead to the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit June 5-6, Lex Schroeder rounds up some of the best lean healthcare…
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How to Handle Fire Fighting, Process Averse Cultures, Naysayers, and More
Summit attendees hosted their own conversations on lean thinking and practice last week, identifying challenges and opportunities for Lean within…
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