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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786096103321

Autore

Cross Barry L.

Titolo

Lean innovation : understanding what's next in today's economy / / Barry L. Cross

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-4665-8891-8

0-429-25364-8

1-4665-8890-X

1-4665-1526-0

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/063

658.4063

Soggetti

Technological innovations

Creative ability in technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 - The Need for Innovation; Chapter 2 - What's Lean Got to Do with It?; Chapter 3 - The Innovation Framework; Chapter 4 - Innovation Culture; Chapter 5 - Generating Ideas; Chapter 6 - Refining Ideas; Chapter 7 - Spreading the Ideas for Adoption; Chapter 8 - Back to Culture; Appendix 1: Fearless Predictions and Things to Create or Kill; Appendix 2: More Thoughts on Lean; About the Author; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Do these comments sound familiar? We would love to be more innovative, but we don't have the resources Innovation works in some companies; we just aren't that creative We get some good ideas, but nothing ever happens with them Unfortunately, they reflect the general perception and environment for innovation in many firms today. In Lean Innovation: Understanding What's Next in Today's Economy, Barry Cross explores how to use Lean to free up resources from within the organization to support and 'fund' innovation and inspire a culture of creativity. Easy to read and humorous, Cross' stories reson