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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cross, Barry L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations.

Creative ability in technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9781466588912

1466588918

9780429253645

0429253648

9781466588905

146658890X

9781466515260

1466515260

OCLC:

823719945