Businesses shouldn't use technology as a shortcut—they need a firm grasp on lean principles before they can uncover true ...

It’s no stretch that Steve Blank’s students and mentees refer to him as one of “the Godfathers of Silicon Valley.” Blank’s methodology of Customer Development is the building block on which Eric Ries’ ...

I’ve been working with large companies and the U.S. government to help them innovate faster– not just kind of fast, but 10x the number of initiatives in 1/5 the time. A 50x speedup kind of fast.

A lean organization is committed to its customers and works to minimize waste by focusing all of its resources on producing the best possible value for customers. Investments are carefully considered ...

When Toyota started to develop its Toyota Production System (TPS) in the late 1940s, few people outside the car-maker industry would have predicted that it would give birth to an entirely new approach ...

When lean is introduced into a safety project, most people want to end the conversation. Safety, they think, is totally different from lean. Most people still associate lean methodologies with ...

Circuit board test, like any step in the PCB assembly process, benefits from lean manufacturing practices that continually improve process steps. If lean manufacturing principles were applied to ...

A common question regarding lean transformation is: How do we make lean stick? How do we instill lean into our culture and make it part of our company DNA, engaging the whole workforce in continually ...