Grappling
Up close and personal.
On discipline, commitment, and innovation
The magic trio.
Don't be lazy
Do the work.
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
Can you share an example of innovation team performance dashboard with key indicators?
Custom boilerplate
Your very own reusable templates.
Innovative excuses
Self-fulfilling prophecies.
Bruno's favourite puzzle pieces
How does one single out a child amongst all of his progeny?
Juxtaposition
Simple tactics.
Three key principles for innovation management
Best practices for managing innovation at scale.
New puzzle pieces
The infinite canvas.
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
What metrics should we focus on to measure the performance and potential of our innovations at a program-level and project level?
Seek the unobvious
The valuable connector.
The focused execution
On high-speed innovation.
When all goes slow
What to do when everything grinds to a halt.
Exercise judgement
A vital discipline.
The insight gap
Focus on the vital few.
Anchor
Innovation does not happen in a vacuum.
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How do we measure the impact of open innovation initiatives?
Exploit unfairness
The ruinousness of unfairness.
When to stop
Criteria for termination.
Limit your innovation
The hidden benefit of boundaries.
Exploit negativity
A simple move.
The effective corporate innovator
Three key traits.
Chasing illusions
On importance of discernment.
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can we establish a (well functioning!) corporate innovation lab?
Maintenance
Take care of your tools.
Value obsessed
Business value must be understood from a multitude of perspectives.
Cross-pollination
How to multiply value in the organisation.
Vagaries of business
No matter the changes, we remain unsurprised.
Communicate value clearly
A simple lesson oft forgotten.
Rapid value generation
Leverage existing resources, capabilities, and brands.
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
Any tips on how we can accelerate our innovation process?
Pyrite badges
Fool's gold.
Augmented decision-making
Strategic and informed decision-making.
On sizing an innovation portfolio
Alas, size does matter.
Bipunctual experiments
Not just for fun and giggles.
What bags taught me about value
On putting things in perspective.
Trustworthy insight
On value of being sceptical.
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How to lead change so people desire that change?
Erudition beckons
Doing instead of brooding.
A Learning Strategy
Always be testing.
Combinatorial innovation
New value, existing assets.
Stalwart ignorance
Time doesn't wait.
Practicing together
The power of peerage.
Three business facts
Own your success.
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How to foster collaboration within the company (innovation hub vs. integration in operational units)?
Step on the balcony
On thoughtful action.
Ambiguity vs uncertainty
Each demands a different approach.
What is the decision?
Clarity first.
Know whither to go
Amazing, I know.
Awareness of the unspoken and unwritten
On paying attention to the subtle and sublime.
Mutual understanding
An investment that pays dividends.
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can we better communicate success of innovation initiatives?
Hard stuff
Give attention to the right things.
Inspiring curiosity
The many gifts of curiosity.
Outside and inside
Have the courage to go there.
Malignant modesty
Shout it from the rooftops!
The reality of experience
Thinking as it might be, seeing as it is.
A matter of perspective
Sometimes you should go bigger, not smaller.
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How to make a traditional organisation realise that the world is changing fast and translate that into an appetite and urgency to undertake disruptive innovation?
Invention no more
More than semantics.
Immutable strategy
The worst type of strategy.
Surprise!
An invitation.
Breaking out of the rut
A little bit of mindless action.
Know who matters
Not all feedback is equal.
The human premium
On value.
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can we overcome capital, capacity and culture constraints to reliably execute projects as an ambidextrous company?
Discard the wreath
Onwards!
Path to insight
For those who dare.
Burning innovation questions
You asked, I answered.
Ask to learn
It is harder than it seems.
When disruption isn't the way
And what to do about it.
Accelerate innovation
Speed-up your innovation process right now.
Embrace incompleteness
Learn how to work with fragments.
The best source of ideas
Hidden in plain sight...
The incredible potential of boring
In pursuit of dull gold.
Take your time
Know when to go slow, and when to go fast.
Innovation is a joint effort
Forget about individual heroics.
Visualise the abstract
On making ideas tangible.
Nibbling and chomping
Masticatory wisdom.
The secret value of uncertainty
Incredible opportunities lurk in the unexpected places.
Build it and they will come
On learning the hard way.
Make some noise!
The unfathomable truth.
Playing Lean for the better future
Playing Lean @RIT Croatia.
Gatekeep innovation funding
Funds commensurate to risk.
Nomadic quandary
Absence of punishment is not enough.
Manage your portfolio
Actively manage your innovation portfolio!
Quickstart: Rapid idea testing
Practical guidance for busy professionals.
Tsardom
Not a great path forward.
On commitment and innovation
It is a calling.
The worst innovation question to ask customers
A great way to burn money and time though!
Trophies
Celebrate and move on.
Road to innovation
Pathway to innovation success.
Dare to ask
On asking the right questions.
Dispel torpor
Act before it is too late.
Creativity isn't enough
Some food for thought.
Unambiguous expectations
The continuous cycle of clarification and communication.
A no-brainer
Know when to stop.
Methodological pragmatism
Three reasons.
Innovating ≠ Managing Innovation
Similar but different.
Blending caveat
Mix with care.
Three years of Augmented Strategy
Have you got your copy yet?
In pursuit of insight
Perennial quest for understanding.
More than the brain
Artistic, practical, experiential...
Ideas are not your babies
A dangerous metaphor.
Quickstart: Lean Startup
Practical guidance for busy professionals.
Hold no grudges
Don't poison yourself.
The roadblock removal cycle
Three questions to rule them all.
Three simple rules for evaluating innovation initiatives
Manage innovation more efficiently and effectively.
The guessing game
Educated guess can only take us so far...
Polish
A little bit of housekeeping.
Quickstart: Critical Thinking
Practical guidance for busy professionals.
Fear no germs
Business sterility is no path forward.
One critical thing innovation leaders must do
A direct way to maximise your impact with minimum effort.
Quickstart: Augmented Strategy
Practical guidance for busy professionals.
Jeopardy signal
Act before it is too late.
Innovation requires doing
Difference between wishful thinking and innovation.
On assumptions
They are not all made equal.
Jocundity in failure
When failure doesn't equate failing.
Outputs and outcomes of innovation experimentation
Validated learning and evidence-based decision making.
Quickstart: Innovation experimentation
Practical guidance for busy professionals.
Jargonic obfuscation
Speak to be understood.
Blog review 2024
Best posts on innovation, strategy, and growth.
Best of LinkedIn
Six posts that rocked LinkedIn.
Season's greetings
Relentless focus.
Quickstart: Innovation teams
Practical guidance for busy professionals.
On keeping records
Document, document, document.
Dead ends
A welcome impasse.
Quickstart: Profitable innovation
Practical guidance for busy professionals.
Differences that make the difference
An eye for details.
Distinctive distinguishment
Take care not to muddy the water.
Quickstart: Strategic growth
Practical guidance for busy professionals.
Attitude matters
Summaries of The Innovator's Attitude™ 2024 issues.
Drudgery
Tenacity needed.
Quickstart: Innovation boards
Practical guidance for busy professionals.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 3 · Issue 12 · December 2024
Always be learning
Continuous erudition.
Refrigeration
Watch out for the freezer burns.
Quickstart: Innovation strategy
Practical guidance for busy professionals.
On killing ideas
Do it early; do it often; do it with care.
Reciprocity
Value for everyone.
Quickstart: Innovation portfolio management
Practical guidance for busy professionals.
Corporate innovation in 2025
Your inputs would be most appreciated.
Reusability
Ignore at your own peril.
What to do when growth stalls?
Pause and study new ways of seeing.
Don't lose your cool
Take your future in your own hands.
Jousting tournaments
An inappropriate analogue.
Five questions for your innovative idea
Remember—an idea is more than a product!
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 3 · Issue 11 · November 2024
Develop your people
On importance of doing the work of leadership.
Juncture points
Have the courage to trust your judgement.
Innovator's first step
Essential questions to answer.
Against ambiguity
Eradicate double-speak from your business.
Jolty lines
Embrace the squiggle.
Multi-million flukes
One club you should most certainly not aspire to join.
Better data, better strategy
Small changes, big differences.
Allografty
Not as easy as it seems.
Forty-two puzzle pieces
Our podcast is now one year old! 🥳
No thinking, no learning
A short-term shortcut.
Time for assiduity
Neither too late, nor too early, but just right.
Rediscovering what was once known
Is there truly nothing new under the sun?
Today and tomorrow
Seeing through generations.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 3 · Issue 10 · October 2024
Apotheosis
"You might not like it, but this is how peak performance looks like."
Bidirectional idea development
Capability to both progress and regress are paramount.
The fertility of dullness
Opportunities hidden in plain sight.
People first
Innovators are at the heart of any corporate innovation system.
Taiichi Ohno's wisdom
Lessons from the grandmaster.
The Puzzle Episode 42
How to improve personal performance?
Portfolio supremacy
Managing innovation requires managing multiple initiatives.
Puzzle fragments VII
One piece at a time, without stopping.
The Puzzle Episode 41
Is programming the same as software engineering?
Prioritise innovation
Dare to lead.
Simple rules for entrepreneurs
A book recommendation.
The Puzzle Episode 40
How to distinguish differentiation from innovation?
Zesty
Innovators' source of happiness.
Invest in your innovation teams
Step out of the shadows.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 3 · Issue 9 · September 2024
The Puzzle Episode 39
How to find work that energises you?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How do I ensure the innovation function has critical mass to be sustainable?
Zucchini blues
Discard early, discard often.
Managing innovation at all levels
Senior and middle managers need different innovation tools and methods.
The Puzzle Episode 38
How to design good incentives?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How to put guardrails around the corporate innovation group, so we are not trying to do everything?
Zealotry
Focus your energy.
Using Games and Simulations to Facilitate Generative Conflict
An exploration of generative and destructive conflict; play and social success; and role of games in contested spaces.
The Puzzle Episode 37
Why are some development projects slow?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can I determine what the 3 to 5 key areas of interest are that should be the focus for breakthrough innovation program?
Resentment
Move on.
Puzzle fragments VI
One piece at a time, consistently.
The Puzzle Episode 36
How to challenge the status quo?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can I find the best areas to look for innovation solutions? How to narrow down the space from all the areas we could try to the areas most likely to be winning solutions?
Relinquish
If it is good, it'll come back.
Courage vs stupidity
It's a thin line.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 3 · Issue 8 · August 2024
The Puzzle Episode 35
What is a "Product Manager" anyway?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How do we best balance detailed customer research with moving quickly like a startup?
Root cause
Revelatory inquiries.
Opportune opposing opinions
Devil's advocate done right.
The Puzzle Episode 34
How to work together?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How to run a successful innovation funnel?
Bulletproof
On getting another chance.
The effective innovator
Five key questions.
The Puzzle Episode 33
How much process is just enough process?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How to better align innovation strategy to business goals?
Be brazen
Dare!
Innovators' decisions
Three critical levels.
The Puzzle Episode 32
How can a personal hobby impact professional performance?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
What are the best practices in driving innovation?
Better the whole
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Set innovation posteriorities
Be clear on what not to explore.
The Puzzle Episode 31
Is innovation just a matter of luck?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can we better decouple the idea that innovation leads to new products in our organization when really it is a mindset that should shift everything we do?
The myth of separation
A helpful reminder.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 3 · Issue 7 · July 2024
Three simple ways to innovate cheaper and faster at scale
Three actionable points for Chief Innovation Officer, Innovation Manager, and any other innovation leader.
The Puzzle Episode 30
Are innovation success stories reliable?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How might we demonstrate the value of innovation and ROI in the short and long term?
Migration
Don't be left behind.
Puzzle fragments V
One piece at a time.
The Puzzle Episode 29
What does your favourite product reveal about you?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How do we provide the space, tooling and methodologies for innovation to teams?
Maintenance
Important but insufficient.
Kayfabe
Intentionally unreal.
The Puzzle Episode 28
Should we emulate a successful company?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can we balance the right level of governance to increase reliability for corporate innovation without limiting the value of the innovation output?
Multiplicity
All the routes.
On learning from success
The other side.
The Puzzle Episode 27
How to anticipate project failure?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can we make innovation teams more committed and accountable to process?
Incredulity
Three critical activities.
12 weeks, 12 questions
12 weeks of "Wednesday Innovation Q&A Bruno" indexed.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 3 · Issue 6 · June 2024
The Puzzle Episode 26
Can we get it "right the first time"?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can we create a strategy that improves innovation outcomes in a global organization?
Illumination
Brawn and brains.
The value factory
Five ways to supercharge your innovation process using lean practices.
The Puzzle Episode 25
How to manage requirements?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
What is the real meaning of Innovation Strategy these days?
Illusion of delusion
Wisdom.
Managing innovation at scale
For your reading pleasure.
The Puzzle Episode 24
What determines the culture of the organisation?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can knowledge and learnings of innovation processes be captured to improve future activities?
Systemic synopticism
Whole-world view.
On accessibility
Make expertise known.
The Puzzle Episode 23
How to define KPIs for product development and innovation?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can we improve collaboration in R&D and innovation across organizational boundaries?
Subtraction serendipity
Beyond addition.
Understand failure
Please don't fall for the survivor bias.
The Puzzle Episode 22
How to learn faster?
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 3 · Issue 5 · May 2024
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How to define innovation strategy in line with strategic questions/challenges?
Lucidity
In pursuit of clarity.
Puzzle fragments IV
One piece at a time.
The Puzzle Episode 21
How do large language models impact development projects?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
Innovation takes time; how to make deciders understand that innovation is not a cost center with no outputs?
Lethargy
Break the spell!
Three ways to increase innovation ROI
The art of disciplined investing.
The Puzzle Episode 20
Is change management still a thing?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How to educate leadership on what is really innovation?
Lighthouse
On navigation.
Slow down to go faster
Thinking and acting as one.
The Puzzle Episode 19
Why won’t my team innovate?
Ten years of Playing Lean
A little gift for the decennial anniversary.
On knowledge waste
Waste not, want not.
The Puzzle Episode 18
How to stress-test a business plan?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How I can learn to sell innovation at the company?
Beckoning bedlam
Safe voyage!
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 3 · Issue 4 · April 2024
Go where the action is
First-hand experience is priceless.
The Puzzle Episode 17
Why should anyone buy your product?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How to increase buy-in from leadership along the innovation journey?
The innovation paradox
On impossibility.
Experimentation matters
It's a great way to reduce uncertainty!
The Puzzle Episode 16
Is every invention an innovation?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How do you respond to challenges brought by top managers who dismiss innovation and attack it incessantly but without valid arguments?
Brittleness
Here be sharp edges.
Puzzle fragments III
A reflective interlude.
The Puzzle Episode 15
Is company a family?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can you make innovation easier?
Bounce
Shake it off and move on.
More than the beginnings
Innovate anytime, anywhere.
The Puzzle Episode 14
How to move fast without breaking things?
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
What is innovation and from where does it arise?
Contested territory
Sails ahoy!
The Innovator's Handbook 2024
Download your copy for free.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 3 · Issue 3 · March 2024
The Puzzle Episode 13
How to turn a stagnating project around?
Ceremonial rites
Bring out the incense!
On squiggles
It's all about perspective.
The Puzzle Episode 12
How to make good decisions in product development?
Credible promises
On trustworthiness.
On learning from mistakes
A conversation with Mark Graban of the My Favorite Mistake podcast.
The Puzzle Episode 11
How to integrate customer feedback into your product?
Scrupulum
What will you do about it?
Better innovation strategies
A mix of tactics updated when needed.
On fostering innovation
A conversation with Chris Dubois of the Unbound podcast.
Secret use of standards
A perennial pursuit of perfection.
Why ISO standards fall short in innovation management
Give them a wide berth.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 3 · Issue 2 · February 2024
Systems and superstars II
Putting things into a perspective.
Systems and superstars
On succeeding in the long run.
On intelligent innovation
A conversation with Brian Gorman of the Qonversations podcast.
The Puzzle Episode 10
How to have a productive conflict?
"That's obvious!"
Is it though?
The power of innovation filters
Four innovation filters you ought to implement right now.
The Puzzle Episode 9
How to recognise latent potential?
Be boldly bodacious
Explore all realities.
Take the reins
Managing innovation is an activity.
The Puzzle Episode 8
How to foster continuous improvement in an R&D team?
Treasure trove
Some things are not supposed to be locked up.
Know who to listen to
Pay close to attention to the source.
The Puzzle Episode 7
Are more customers always a good thing?
Toil
Endure.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 3 · Issue 1 · January 2024
Innovating without limits
Have no fear
Blog review 2023
Best posts on innovation, strategy, and growth.
Trinity
Forgetting any single one may spell doom.
Recurring inquiry
Omnipresent questions.
Puzzle fragments II
An open invitation.
Season's greetings
Onward!
Innovation is work
Wishing things into existence requires hard work.
On entering new markets
A conversation with Marcia Riner of the Profit With A Plan Podcast.
Be a preventionist
No is a wonderful word.
Better attitude, better innovation results
Summaries of The Innovator's Attitude™ 2023 issues.
The Puzzle Episode 6
How to recognise bad business advice?
Perceiving periphery
The all-seeing eye.
Are you happy with your innovation results?
Four weeks in 2023 left to make a difference!
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 2 · Issue 12 · December 2023
The Puzzle Episode 5
How to make the most out of what you have today?
Prune your portfolio
Embrace gardening, patience, and love.
In charge
Not as random as it seems...
The Puzzle Episode 4
How to develop products, services, and businesses iteratively?
Winning
Create a clear mental image before committing.
Playing in London
Become a better innovator by playing a game!
On misleading duality of creating value
No, they are not polar opposites.
Wishfulness
Don't allow optimism bias to cloud your judgement. Too much. Just a little bit.
Innovation is craft
Embrace it.
Getting better at Kjeller
Corporate Innovation & The Lean Startup at Kjeller Innovasjon.
Worship
Pragmatic Agnostics to the rescue!
Whole-being strategising
A rich, textured experience.
Revisiting the Dunning-Kruger effect
On self-assessed competence.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 2 · Issue 11 · November 2023
Ruminate
Continuous reflection, contingent action.
On strategic growth, curiosity, and martial arts
A conversation with Sean Sullivan of the Converge Coffee podcast.
Puzzle fragments
An open invitation.
Resurgence
Stand in the face of uncertainty.
Three signs that your innovative idea is weak
Three bad answers and what to do about them.
The Puzzle Episode 3
How to grow organically?
Renewal
Innovation isn't a one-night stand.
Infinite advantage
Incredible eruditeness.
The Puzzle Episode 2
How to segment a new market?
Sucralose
Ooops.
All data is data
Tap into the allness.
The Puzzle Episode 1
How to increase the speed and quality of a product development process?
g & G
All encompassing growth.
Cookbook fallacy
Recipes are for the kitchen.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 2 · Issue 10 · October 2023
If it's good, it'll come back
Have no fear!
Serendipity
There is always a chance.
Deeper, to the depths of understanding
Ten questions to get you started.
How to grow during challenging times
Drink a lot of milk.
Symbiosis
Strive for mutuality.
The power of community
Learning with peers.
On innovation, teams, and management
A conversation with Gwenevere Crary of the Scaling With People podcast.
Amalgamation
Magic.
What innovators fear
And one way of thinking about them.
Isaak Tsalicoglou and Bruno Pešec pull the curtain on innovation
Tales from the trenches.
Anxiety
Completely normal phenomenon.
Data-driven decisions vs decision-driven data
Subtle, yet vital differences.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 2 · Issue 9 · September 2023
Ignorance isn't bliss
Three key ingredients for destitution pie.
Apophenia
Genius or madness?
Planning during chaos
Plans aren't sacred.
On strategic clarity
Shared understanding for shared success.
Insularity
Experiencing matters.
The three Cs of growth
For people and business.
Rapid myth-busting
Meditations on accepted truths.
Insight
The gift that keeps on giving.
100
Thank you!
On characteristics of successful innovators
A conversation with Beverly Hathorn of Teambuilding Cultures podcast.
Inspiration
Outside-in? Inside-out? How about inside-in?
Empty promises
An exemplary of a bromide.
On using data to take your company to the next level
Start with an end in mind.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 2 · Issue 8 · August 2023
Willpower
An inescapable proverb.
On specific practices for profitable innovation
A conversation with Michael C. Markiewicz of Lubar School of Business.
Habits that accelerate product development
Clarity reigns supreme.
Wonder
And mean it!
On lean, change, and reflexivity
A conversation with Ron Pereira of Gemba Academy Podcast.
On decisions and data
Don't be a hoarder.
Wayfaring
On continous change.
On business and entertainment
A conversation with Charles Dockham of the Pursuing Your Passions is a B!@#$! podcast.
How to include the customer in the innovation process
Understand, understand, understand!
Oil and water
Some things mix well. Some don't.
On managing innovation, generative AI, and pharma industry
A conversation with Dr. Andree Bates of the AI For Pharma Growth podcast.
Positioning for reinvention
Three tips for organisations looking to reinvent themselves.
Nexus
Gossamer connections.
Innovation carnival
On avoiding innovation theater.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 2 · Issue 7 · July 2023
On sacral product roadmaps
Denounce dogmas.
Apathy kills innovation
Oh no! Anyway...
No problems is a problem
Don't let them get away!
Innovation & strategy resources updated
Popular resources made even better.
Uniquely ordinary
You are note alone.
Harbingers of Doom
Beware them choosing you!
How else could we...
A pair of powerful questions.
Embrace expertise
Carry it proudly.
Rapid assumption scan
Two questions to ask early and frequently.
Ask me anything
Don't hold back.
Unsolicited martyrdom
It might not be as appreciated as you might have thought...
Remarkably forgettable
It doesn't matter how good you are if no one remembers you.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 2 · Issue 6 · June 2023
Misleading labels
A label does not make a...
Dogma buster
Do you dare?
The art of cumulative growth
Can you spot the opportunities hidden in plain sight?
Leading and innovating during crisis
How to lead and innovate in challenging and uncertain times.
Grayscale
Black and white no more.
Embrace reality
Innovation doesn't happen in a vacuum.
An idea is more than a product
Thinking in systems.
Sunk cost
Please don't go there...
Five traits of successful innovators
Answer a series of questions to see which you have...
Lean Experiment Canvas
A visual tool to guide your lean experimentation.
Broken record
Value. Value. Value.
Innov8rs at Lisbon
Challenging innovators to innovate better.
Two types of competition
One of them might ruin you. The other will ruin you.
Fortitude
On spirit.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 2 · Issue 5 · May 2023
Danish cherry trees
Enbu in Copenhagen.
On innovating for profit
A conversation with Clinton Henry of the Innovators Unleashed podcast.
Behind
Outlearn them.
Value
Is value in the eye of the beholder?
Theatre of the Absurd
Stretching towards the impossible.
Against the grain
Subtraction rules.
11 mistakes innovation boards must avoid
A slippery slope.
On effective learning and teaching
Learning new things is wonderful.
Snatch
On importance of readiness.
In plain sight
It's difficult to see what you don't want to see.
On viable innovation teams
Five key ingredients.
People innovate
An important reminder.
How to get the most out of the data you have right now
An eye-opening exercise.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 2 · Issue 4 · April 2023
Kick starting creativity
What to do when a blank slate leaves you blank?
The machine
Look around. What do you see?
The power of inversion
From solving to inquiring.
Pressure
Opportunities everywhere.
Voyeurism
Be careful there...
What is your business?
A foundational question.
A friendly reminder...
The numero uno.
Container
Know the lines.
Better basics, better innovation
Maintain the foundation.
Strategic feedback loops
Constantly evolving.
Perspective
Manifold.
Six elements of innovation performance
A novel look on the relationships...
Best friends
1+1=∞
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 2 · Issue 3 · March 2023
The one that got away
Set them free!
Impermanence
On transient growth.
Awareness
Questions to ponder.
Together
On getting lost.
People above all
The sustainable competitive advantage.
The overlooked champion
A match made in heaven.
Time and money
More! More! MORE!
Three surprising differentiation tactics
What lies therein is barely within human comprehension.
Slow, then fast
Have the courage to do so.
Come on!
Don't hold back!
Right
Four rights to innovation success.
On burning innovation budgets
Value destruction galore.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 2 · Issue 2 · February 2023
Smashing
Different strokes for different folks.
Why do you want to innovate?
Innovation isn't a cure-all.
My people
Those who know, know.
Speaking is acting
The power of speech should not be ignored lightly.
Three evergreen innovation tactics
Generate value to harness value.
Dream
Do it deliberately.
Destructive tribalism
There be dragons...
Exploiting the strategy gap
Infinite opportunities.
Limitless
Play with boundaries.
Will it break them?
Reflections on helping.
On teams and groups
Similar but different.
Fall in love
We are not heartless automatons.
On setting objectives
New year, new ambition.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 2 · Issue 1 · January 2023
Blog review 2022
Best posts on innovation, strategy, and leadership.
Only one life
How will you spend it?
Nurture communities
Real professional development.
How to manage core business and innovation projects in the same portfolio?
Showing isn’t the same as managing.
Season's greetings
Time to refocus.
A year of advice on innovation attitudes and behaviours
Summaries of The Innovator's Attitude™ 2022 issues.
Continuous communication
Never stop explaining.
Rinse and repeat
The fastest learner wins.
Best Norwegian snacks
Enjoy responsibly!
The best way to start an ideation process
Make sure to have this one, critical ingredient...
Don't tolerate bullshit
Don't be a bystander.
Two things you must know about innovation
It is not entirely up to luck.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 1 · Issue 10 · December 2022
Tips to create a strong value proposition
It's not for you, but for them!
The best investment
On creating a lasting competitive advantage.
The tangible value of stopping early
Evidence-driven innovation investments.
What will you do?
Innovation portfolios aren't colourful toys.
Go hard
No holding back.
Improving the impact of remote Playing Lean workshops through action inquiry and critical reflexivity
A detailed view of one complete action research cycle with simultaneous first-person research and second-person co-inquiry.
Create your own innovation portfolio in three simple steps
Disciplined innovation management at scale.
Be confidently wrong
But keep an open mind.
Embrace, extend, enhance
A humble change strategy...
Getting started with an Innovation Board
Venture Board; Growth Board; Innovation Board—oh my!
Seize the day!
Squeeze that lemon dry.
One simple trick to double the value of your business experiments
The secret they've been hiding from you finally revealed.
Learning through suffering
"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding." — Kahlil Gibran
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 1 · Issue 9 · November 2022
Reject fearmongering
On burning platform fallacy.
Introducing the Corporate Innovation FAQ
Another free resource for corporate innovators.
How to select the right innovation framework for you?
A deep answer to a seemingly simple question.
Trust your gut
This is no voodoo.
On corporate innovation and curiosity
A conversation with Judith Germain of the Maverick Paradox Magazine podcast.
On creating good
It's a long game.
Quench the fire
This little trick will blow your mind...
Customers don't create
Don't confuse customer's wishes for willingness to pay.
Develop people and systems
Amplify your efforts.
What is it?
Don't assume too much.
From student to entrepreneur
Critical things to focus on.
On innovating strategically
A conversation with David Hatch of the Leading With Integrity podcast.
Like a wrecking ball
Spend ideas, not money.
Validation through crowd-funding
On learning the hard way.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 1 · Issue 8 · October 2022
Have a team charter
Keep it simple and light.
Roar!
Put yourself out there.
Traction before scaling
Don't confuse the two.
Annoying survey designs
Please don't lie.
Dull isn't the enemy
It's all about value creation.
How to get relevant pitches from startups?
Spolier alert: be clear on what you ask for.
The cycle of doom
Demolish the silos!
Beware
Monoculturalism doesn't mix well with innovation.
On ethical leadership
Ethical leaders act on three dimensions of ethics.
Learn how to learn
Benefits? Faster innovation and higher financial performance.
Always be testing
Question your assumptions.
On avoiding destructive innovation
A conversation with Doug Utberg of the Terminal Value podcast.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 1 · Issue 7 · September 2022
Innovators think differently
On two useful models: effectuation and beginner's mind.
Clear enough
Alignment is a superpower.
Play with boundaries
Accept them for what they are—great creativity triggers.
A great leader is not afraid to discuss ideas
Traits of great leaders.
Take the risk
Elucidate and move!
One simple trick for reducing the cost of innovation
No innovation without customer data.
2377
Reflections on 6 years, 6 months, and 4 days of blogging.
Inspire change
Tell stories.
How to overcome reluctance to invest in corporate innovation
Three practical measures any executive can implement.
What makes a good strategy?
Nine points to improve any strategy.
Distance
Train your senses.
The secret to great customer experience
Don’t piss off the customer.
Indomitable intent
Trials and tribulations of corporate innovators.
Eternal crusade
Ad infinitum.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 1 · Issue 6 · August 2022
Reading notes: Feedback
Yay or nay?
40 000 words on corporate innovation
Read, listen, or watch—up to you!
Stand straight
On decisiveness.
Reading notes: A real-world way to manage real options
An argument for binomial (lattice) models and boring decisions.
Critical thinking beats crystal balls
Experimentation-driven corporate innovation.
Numbers are dangerous
Dig deeper.
Reading notes: Strategy as a portfolio of real options
A valuation approach that appreciates learning and adapting to market changes.
Five steps to augmented strategy
Small steps, great results.
Demolish the echo chamber
I'll pass you the hammer.
Reading notes: Investment opportunities as real options
On viewing strategic decisions as options.
On accounting as innovation enabler
A conversation with Adam Larson of the Count Me In® podcast.
Words are deeds
Use them wisely.
Reading notes: Risk-Adjusted valuation of R&D projects
A unified approach using Discounted Cash Flow, Decision Trees, and Real Options.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 1 · Issue 5 · July 2022
On avoiding expensive innovation mistakes
A conversation with Ula Ojiaku of the Agile Innovation Leaders podcast.
O Fortuna!
Cue the music.
Enduring engagement
Reject the illusion of quick success.
On leading innovation
A conversation with Zoë Routh of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.
Seek gaps
Infinite growth opportunities.
Clarity before commitment
Four questions to laser-focus on the vital few.
On innovation to profits
A conversation with Mac Attram of The Business Success Show.
Pragmatically agile
Beyond the noise.
Thirteen corporate innovation questions answered
Oh yes! Even more practical answers to practical matters.
On how corporate innovators can manage innovation
A conversation with Étienne Garbugli of The Lean B2B Podcast.
On stagnation
Decay requires action.
Five corporate innovation questions answered
Yes, even more practical answers to practical matters.
On the politics of corporate innovation
A conversation with Amber Daines of The Politics of Everything podcast.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 1 · Issue 4 · June 2022
Do you really know?
Shine a light.
Ten more corporate innovation questions answered
Even more practical answers to practical matters.
On making better decisions
A conversation with Steve Pappas of the Science of CX podcast
With eyes wide open
Who knows what might you find?
Eight more corporate innovation questions answered
More practical answers to practical matters.
On boosting innovation with data
A conversation with Anthony J. Algmin of the Data Leadership Lessons podcast.
Hold the mirror
Facing realities.
Eight corporate innovation questions answered
Practical answers to practical matters.
On the secret sauce for profitable innovation
A conversation with Wade Thomas of the Aim to Win Podcast.
Create!
Do the work.
How do executives and managers benefit from data
Spoiler: it has very little to do with technology.
On innovation-driven growth
A conversation with Diane Helbig of the Accelerate Your Business Growth podcast.
Evergreen needs
Some things don't change.
On the cost of ideas
A conversation with Lorraine Ball of the More than a Few Words podcast.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 1 · Issue 3 · May 2022
On learning from mistakes
A conversation with Thomas Green of the Ethical Marketing Service.
High-stakes innovation
Four de-risking questions.
"No thanks, I'm full."
Put your chef's hat on.
On self-improvement through innovation
A conversation with Nick Mann of The Don’t Quit Podcast.
Mind-gut balance
A hallmark of holistic leader.
What does it mean to have a coach?
Continuous betterment.
Finding enterprise influencers to unlock growth of innovations
Guest article by Shyaam Ramkumar.
Big-bang fallacy
There is a better way.
How to get management buy-in for your idea
Build trust, explain urgency, and communicate value.
On data driven decisions, profitable innovation, and augmented strategy
A conversation with Michael Grace of Tech Pro Unicorn Podcast.
Shrewd repetitiveness
The key difference.
Pursue perfection
On fragility and resilience.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 1 · Issue 2 · April 2022
B2B Innovation
Advice from the trenches.
Use verbs!
Yeah, words do matter.
On Playing Lean, customer development, and lean startup
A conversation with Mal McCallion of the Growth Execution Podcast.
Prioritising ideas is a waste of time
Focus on the flow.
One-two punch tests
Wear 'em down!
Alignment reigns supreme
Psst, come closer so I can tell you a little secret...
Three critical roles for corporate innovation
Innovators innovate, managers manage, executives fund.
Trampled
Tactical withdrawal.
It's a matter of priority
Reframe your thinking.
Quick 'n' dirty idea assessment
Five steps to ensure you are working on the right thing.
Embrace the bias
On agency.
On using plain language
A conversation with Bella Englebach of The Edges of Lean podcast.
How to run effective corporate venture boards
The most important function for maximising your returns on innovation investments.
THE INNOVATOR'S ATTITUDE
Volume 1 · Issue 1 · March 2022
Can you do this?
Be careful not to strain too much...
The Four Growth Arenas
On how to grow fearlessly.
Never stop learning
Fuel for innovation.
Be responsible
Don't pump and dump.
I don't care about your innovation process
Results before compliance.
On one-page innovation strategy
A conversation with Sannah Vinding of the Mind the Innovation podcast.
Rip them apart!
Show no mercy.
Traits of great corporate innovation champions
Make sure to pick the right one.
The most powerful leadership technique
Words and deeds as one.
When the pin echoes
On importance of finding peers.
4 decision-critical data sources
Better data, better decisions, better business.
On product innovation
A conversation with Julie and Corey of the BizQuik Podcast.
Against the grain
Backtrack when necessary.
On measuring open innovation
Best practices for different types of open innovation.
On traditional banks, digital challengers, and disruption
When the worlds collide.
Inquisitiveness
On the importance of being curious.
No time for innovation? This little trick will shock you
Twenty things you can do in less than ten minutes.
On entrepreneurship, martial arts, and continuous improvement
A conversation with Deirdre Morrison of The Ambition Incubator podcast.
Face the truth
Own your success.
Lean Experimentation Guide now available in French
Translated by Youness Yaghcha.
Disrupting the disruptors
A conversation with Jens Heitland of Innovation Culture Coding show.
Excuses
On going beyond self-justification.
Strategy for the 21st century
From yearly planning and roadmaps to fast and continuous decisions.
Taking the Playing Lean experience online
The case of using a board game to teach Lean Startup remotely.
What inspires you?
Go straight to the source.
Book launch: Augmented Strategy
Strategy and decision making guide, now available at Amazon.
Blog review 2021
Best posts on innovation, strategy, and leadership.
Reflect
Delving deeper.
On lean innovation and identifying opportunities in plain sight
A conversation with Tracy Wilson of UNLOCKED podcast.
Measuring the performance of innovation strategy
A conversation with Dave Bookbinder of Behind the Numbers show.
Season's greetings
Pause and reflect.
Advice to young entrepreneurs and innovators
On curiosity, being yourself, and entrepreneurship.
Augmented Strategy live stream with Bruno Pešec and Dominik Dellermann
A better way to make decisions in the 21st century.
20%
Be clear and direct.
Innovating profitably in all areas of your organization
On innovation, strategy, and leadership at the Lubar Executive Education Podcast
TotalCtrl featured as one of the fastest growing companies in 2021
When you turn food waste into a business.
Blow them up!
Metaphorically speaking, of course.
On stealth ventures
Shhh.
Augmented Strategy live stream with Bruno Pešec and Dominik Dellermann
Join us live to learn more about modern strategy and preorder bonuses for our upcoming book.
How many?
Not too many, hopefully.
The consequences of a bad strategy
When value destruction runs rampant.
The secrets to growth
Five time-tested lessons.
The infinite source of ideas
No esoteric machinations required.
Mapping is the key
On creating valuable insight.
On innovation, profitability, and fear
A conversation with Genesis Amaris Kemp of GEMS podcast.
Blind spots
Do you have what it takes?
No innovation without communication
It's a two way street.
How to leverage your existing data to improve your decisions
You don't need big data to make better decisions.
Innovation isn't the most important thing
First things first.
Innovate with what you have
Spend ideas, not money.
On innovation, learning, and competitive advantage
Disciplined learning = sustained competitiveness.
Retarding repetition
Two critical ingredients.
Model accountability
A fish rots from the head down.
27 innovation metrics you must measure
Systemic challenges require systemic measures.
What have you tried?
Three learning questions.
On learning from Lean Experiments
Capture, analyse, interpret, decide, document.
4 critical layers of the innovation accounting system
Systemic challenges require systemic approaches.
Be relentless!
The only flow that matters.
Do hard working nations lack imagination?
On obedience, independence, hard work, and imaginativeness.
20 Common Misconceptions About Corporate Innovation
Seeing differently, acting differently.
An expensive lesson
Don't allow your knowledge to rot away.
Test twice, run once
Practice safe experimentation.
Webinar archive update
Transcripts galore.
Craze
Be stalwart.
Why should we measure our innovation performance at all?
To understand the return on your investment.
Innovation vanguard
Onwards!
Onwards!
Test one idea per week... At minimum.
Systems view of leadership
No followers, no leaders.
On respect for humanity and innovation
An aspiration worthy of my time.
Pick up the damn book
You won't believe what happens next...
Customer development never stops
ABL = Always Be Learning.
On Lean Innovation, Experimentation, and Learning
A conversation with Mark De Jong of The Lean Effect podcast.
Prophet or creator?
Own your success.
Is your strategy a slave to your business model?
Pick the right tools for the right job
White Paper: How can organisations innovate profitably?
Aligning execution, governance, and change.
Lift the veil
Mystification is overrated.
How are you considering the whole system?
On understanding wholeness.
On why innovation theatre is disrespectful
Time is precious. Don't waste it.
Make them cower!
Let 'em shrivel.
Driving strategic growth
Own your success!
Three keys for profitable innovation
From gambling to taking control.
Boring
Basic needs, extraordinary results.
The 3 A's of innovation accounting metrics
Actionable, accessible, and auditable.
3 generic steps to test any idea
As easy as pie.
Focus, focus, focus!
One simple trick to dramatically boost your productivity.
How to ensure your corporate innovation initiative stands a chance
Alignment, communication, and commitment.
The simplest way to check your innovation strategy
Does it make sense?
Whirlwind
You are the boss.
11 questions to drive your business model innovation efforts
Better questions, better results.
Pivoting in a nutshell
A change in strategy without a change of vision.
Spectacle
Bring out the gladiators!
Are you in control of your decisions?
Own your success.
The importance of time-boxing your lean experiments
Focused and faster learning.
Are you different?
Don't discriminate.
Respect creativity, challenge ideas
Go hard on ideas, be gentle with people.
Five Things You Need To Create A Highly Successful Startup
Things you wish you knew before spending 100 million.
Partisanship
Beyond duopolies.
Customer development is more than customer interviews
In a search of a repeatable business model.
One simple way to improve your decision making muscles
Better thinking, better decisions, better results.
Evolution
Test, learn, adapt, repeat.
On MVPs and smallification
Spoiler: MVP is not a smaller version of your final product.
How to measure corporate innovation in a large enterprise
Practical innovation accounting.
Boldness
Explore with courage.
The joy of innovation
Reflecting on what makes me happy.
Go slow to go fast
Speed isn't always the fastest way.
R&D and innovation
Ideas to capital and back.
Why do executives fear innovation?
And specific actions they can take to become fearless innovators.
Knowledge as the source of competitive advantage
The long-term view of continuous learning.
From emulation to expression
Evolution.
What will you do when Amazon comes for you?
Always think three steps ahead.
Continuous improvement or innovation?
Deceiving dichotomy.
Inaction
Decisions.
Fachidiot
Depth and breadth.
How to introduce an innovation strategy into your company
What are some of the best practices for introducing an innovation strategy into your company?
Continuous XYZ
It's all about flow.
Product versus project madness
Focus on the right things.
Fear and punishment
Pause. Reflect.
Mistakes and defects
A timeless lesson.
Do these 7 things to ensure your innovation project fails
A simple exercise to increase the likelihood of success.
Raising awareness is more important than you might think
Clear sight, unclouded mind.
Survivor bias
Cock-ups are worthy studying.
Dirty words
Lather me with grime.
A case for innovation funnels and portfolios
The right tools for the right tasks.
Malevolence
To the letter.
Innovators are rockstars, but they are people too!
Innovators are a special breed. They accomplish a lot often with very little support…
Demystifying strategic growth
Learn how to identify growth possibilities and strategic choices to exploit them.
Curiosity
Why is it so?
How to argue for your innovation project
Explain the strategic rationale, visualise the opportunity cost, and use emotional language.
On innovation coaches
Hire slow, fire fast.
Humble triumph
Let them pass.
Mistakes worth avoiding
On innovation, business, and an ebook I've recently published, with Patrick Daly on his Interlinks podcast.
Making sense of innovation pipelines, funnels, and portfolios
What is the difference between innovation pipeline, innovation funnel, and innovation portfolio? And more importantly, does it even matter?
Box?
On metaphors.
Corporate innovation and wicked problems
Of breeders and tamers.
Ebook launch: 9 Big Don'ts of Corporate Innovation
Actionable insight for less wasteful innovation.
Cruelty
Are you exercising it?
Learn to innovate with what you have
On using scarcity to fuel creativity.
Innovation manager's secrets to success
Experience from the trenches.
Business fragility
Face to face.
How to find growth opportunities in your organisation
Countless opportunities, endless possibilities.
The innovator's paradox
On contradictions.
Inseparable dyad
Don't fall for marketing gimmicks.
On reading
An invaluable habit.
How to develop an innovation strategy
Practical advice for tangible results.
Veins of gold
This is the secret they don't want you to know!
Our goals, our results
Better thinking, better decisions.
On setting up innovation teams
Start small and hyper-focused.
No regrets
Living free life.
How to measure innovation performance
Two types of measures you need to track.
The fallacy of centralised innovation
Beguiling promises; misplaced expectations.
The long view
Two questions to get you going.
Corporate innovation roles
Three roles for any innovation system.
Nine big don'ts of corporate innovation
How to avoid wasting money on innovation by making smarter and better decisions.
Comprehension
Ignorance is a choice
Draw your way to a better decision
Thinking beyond the cave.
How to define a fail or success condition for your Lean experiment
Help yourself make the right decision.
Dare to dream
It's for adults, too!
Do they get it?
Do something about it.
How to do customer interviews
Simple process, invaluable insight.
On fetishizing failure
Pick your kinks carefully.
The strategy cascade
Ask how when going down; ask why when going up.
On uncovering customer problems and needs worth solving
Outcome-focused mutuality.
Don't be a gatekeeper
Offer genuine help.
On identifying your options
Two modes, limitless options.
Are you measuring it to feel good or to do better?
No room for vanity in business.
Agile occultism
Pity the wood.
On selecting the winning innovation project
Invert your thinking.
How to design a metric that matters
Measuring the right things helps us make better decisions.
Rebel!
Disruption galore.
Don't waste money on innovation
Confusion of the highest order.
Five principles of the Lean Startup: 10 years later
Is Lean Startup still relevant?
Future, now
Words do matter.
On selecting the right tools for the job
Keep it simple.
Salvaging failed innovation projects
A simple process for capturing leftovers from the failed projects.
On getting better
Stop robbing yourself.
How to hold innovation teams accountable?
Match expectations to the idea maturity level.
Starting blocks
Invigorating movement.
On opportunities and possibilities
Innumerable options.
Blog review 2020
Best posts on innovation, entrepreneurship, strategy, quality, and experimentation.
Reflect
What have you learned in the past twelve months?
The biggest mistake with corporate ideathons
Disrespect.
Rapid change
Transformations are overrated.
Season's greetings
Relax and recharge.
How did you do?
Time to review your innovation performance for 2020.
On full sentences
A secret sauce for creating reusable knowledge.
Get ready
Own your success.
What do you need to learn?
A key to powerful Lean experiments.
On being an effective leader during turbulent times
Five areas to focus on during chaos and upheaval.
Do you know when to stop?
On sunk cost fallacy.
Structuring innovation projects
Innovation Project = Idea + Team + Objective.
Place of worship or temple of learning?
Don't be blinded.
Do you care?
What we say and what we do isn't always the same.
A proven system for measuring innovation
Innovation accounting book is now available for pre-order.
Dynamic Strategy
Strategic feedback loops are the key.
New idea? Check this first…
What happens next will shock you!
Fearless quintet
Five short videos on fearless innovation.
On becoming a better innovator
Two critical areas of improvement.
Value trumps novelty
They are not synonymous.
200 Pitches at the African Innovation Week 2020
Practical advice to start-up founders for improving their pitch.
Constraint-driven innovation
How to use boundaries to your advantage.
Analogies
Words shape the world.
Endure
Do the best work you can, and meet the future that awaits you.
Granular view of the biggest innovation risk
A practical model to help you avoid wasting money on innovation.
Huddle
Face the odds together.
Harmful templates
Don't cut yourself on the nice looking template.
Spend ideas, not money
Next time you catch yourself lamenting that you need a bigger budget, embrace the constraint and reframe your issue.
You are incompetent
Spoiler: that's not an insult. (Except when it is.)
From idea to business
Do you have an idea, but don't know where to start? Begin by delving into this interview.
Five best practices for corporate innovation in turbulent times
Focus creativity on revenue generating innovations; cost reduction is a side effect of pursuing value creation.
An educated guess
All educated guesses are assumptions; but not all assumptions are educated guesses.
Seven innovation strategy caveats
Take heed of each caveat and you will be ahead of the majority of your competitors.
Taking fear out of innovation
Overcome your biggest hurdles to innovation and own your success.
At what cost?
On unblocking yourself.
A thought or an idea?
Know which is which, or risk losing your shirt.
Self-Sabotage Checklist
A practical way to be less successful.
Driving 210 km/h by looking in the rear-view mirror
Some things should not be experimented with.
How to innovate during COVID-19?
Interview on how should organisations approach innovation, especially in turbulent times.
How to uncover growth opportunities hidden in plain sight
At any given moment there are at least hundred growth opportunities in your organisation.
Don't hesitate
Why deny yourself so?
Gamifying Lean with Bruno Pešec
On lean, innovation, and strategy with Ron Pereira of Gemba Academy.
How to lead in turbulent times
On the the critical role of a leader during challenging times.
Bromides or values?
On doing as we say.
Buying bodies
Execution is the true equalizer.
Unhappy with your innovation strategy? Ask these nine questions
Do you understand your internal situation, external environment, boundaries, and how you envision success?
Thrive
Learn to learn.
DNB awarded "Norway’s most innovative company"
When sincere effort is rewarded.
The power of visual thinking
How does visual thinking practically help an organization?
Have you forgotten?
On levers of growth.
Kaizen, kaikaku, kabuki
On categorising betterment efforts.
How to design a powerful innovation portfolio
A practical framework you can immediately use to design your innovation portfolio.
Are you bold enough?
Three insights to help you overcome fear of innovation.
Applying a systems approach to innovation
On innovation, strategy, systems thinking, martial arts, and more with Patrick Daly on his Interlinks podcast.
What does think big, act small look like in practice?
Taking massive action 24/7 is a good way to get a massive stroke.
The strategy gap
What's hiding in the cracks?
Toyota Production System still going strong
At any given moment there are at least hundred things you can improve, but no one except you can do it.
What percentage of your company should be actively engaged in innovation?
Everybody should have the right to innovate, but not everybody should be measured on innovation performance.
Anything goes
When anything goes, anything comes.
Lean Startup in a nutshell
Lean Startup, a methodology for developing businesses and products, in 56 minutes.
Better banking—everyday in everyway
Banks that are excelling at continuous improvement also have much higher chance of succeeding with innovation.
Vestiges
On weaving traces into models.
How to design effective experiments using Playing Lean Experiment Report
A simple visual template to help you design better lean experiments.
Bank executive on the benefits of innovation system
Bruno Pešec was one of the three principal architects of the DNB Way of Innovation. Read what one executive has to say about it.
I made people cry
On giving candid feedback.
Why iterate at all?
Don't accelerate waste.
How to formulate a winning innovation strategy
A practical framework you can immediately use to formulate your innovation strategy.
Own your success
Take action.
The price of gluttony
Overcommitting is an insidious waste that opens the floodgates to other wasteful activities.
Are we on the same page?
Strategy can be a powerful filter, but won't be of much help if it is poorly thought through, unintelligible, and inaccessible to the intended users.
Don't waste time
Use filters.
Strike first, throw second
Right sequence + thoughtful action = fearless innovation.
Is investing in innovation worth it?
A stroll through academic thought pieces.
An invitation to learn
Join me and learn how to formulate a winning innovation strategy.
Create the future
The old adage offence is best defence might be true to some extent, but is too black and white for my taste.
The price of ambiguity
Embrace uncertainty, purge ambiguity.
What did you do once you knew?
And can you live with your answers?
A slice at a time
Breakthrough innovation happens more often within a culture that fosters everyday innovation.
With eyes wide open
How can you use visualisations to ask better questions?
Infinite progress
One easy way to waste more time than you save.
Divide and conquer
Is dividing yourself in order to innovate a prudent strategy?
Overcoming self doubt with Linda Cheung
Trust yourself and take thoughtful action.
It's not you, it's me...
Three cases when leaving customers behind is justified.
Beginner's Mind
Overcome reality distortion field and curse of knowledge by assuming the beginner's mind.
Knowing beyond mirrors and caves
Have empiricists and rationalists solved the riddle of knowledge?
Pragmatic learning
Critical thinking combined with learning loops is a simple but powerful framework for erudition.
The elusive innovation strategy
Who would've thought that combining two vague terms would result in an even vaguer phrase?
Crowdsourced innovation book recommendations
Six books on innovation recommended by my community.
Finding voice
A reflection on how my writing has evolved over the last five years.
Improve your thinking to avert bad decisions
Four simple steps for improving your decision making skills.
Doing and managing innovation
What is the difference between doing and managing innovation, and why should you care?
Learning or collecting?
On bibliomania, collector's fallacy, and tsundoku.
Visual tools for understanding customers
Dig deeper into understanding customer's needs by using one of these three visual tools.
Making the most out of the Value Proposition Canvas
Reference guide for the Value Proposition Canvas.
To the extreme
On pains of mismatched expectations.
Lean Startup in the public sector and beyond
How can the public sector benefit from the Lean Startup?
How to prioritise insight rapidly?
You've learned so much, and now have a question - what to do next? Here is a three step process for going from insight to action in 40 minutes.
Stupid decisions
Isn't life too short for dumb decisions?
Creating reusable knowledge: how to design effective experiments
Innovation teams can generate value in several ways, and creating reusable knowledge is one easy way to do so.
Crush them!
Crush your goals, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of your competition!
Visual tools for experimentation and innovation accounting
Three proven tools for visual overview of experiments, understanding progress, and innovation accounting.
Business Modelling Facilitator Training
Everything there is to know about upcoming training by Playing Lean!
Corporate innovation 101: advice for intrapreneurs and innovation managers
Learn more about achieving success with corporate innovation.
Learn fast(er)
Do you dare to learn?
Teaching business modelling without committing murder
Share what is valuable for the learner, not everything you know.
Step-by-step guide for designing Lean Experiments
Designing sound experiments is critical to creating valid and reusable knowledge. This guide will help you achieve that.
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Today anybody can be an expert. Buy a $60 certificate, hang it on your LinkedIn page, and voila, you are the master of something™.
Is business modelling now more important than ever?
Research shows that dynamic environments strengthen the effect of product innovation on business performance.
Get your idea funded by questioning power dynamics
How can intrapreneurs leverage decision making, agenda setting, and management of meaning?
Can you make a casserole?
Creating magic with what you have at hand.
The Business Model Canvas Explained
Don't use it as a wallpaper, and accept that almost everything you put into the canvas has some degree of uncertainty.
Adjusting to illusions
Are you steadying a steady boat?
Fail a thousand times
Are you being delusional?
Learning is not mandatory
Are you creating waste by accidentally discarding knowledge?
Avoid stupid decisions: most common cognitive biases and logical fallacies
How can you improve your decision making skills? Webinar recording on exactly that topic.
Innovate or die? Nonsense.
Innovate or die is a harmful, populist, mantra.
Better remote work
How can you improve your remote work practices?
24 most common cognitive biases
School of Thought did an amazing job describing some of the most common cognitive biases in plain English. Study them and improve your decisions.
Stay home, keep growing
My talks on product management and innovation at the "Stay home, keep growing" initiative.
Lean Startup Fundamentals
How did Lean Startup come to be, and what are its basic precepts? Understanding them is a prerequisite for true mastery.
24 most common logical fallacies
School of Thought did an amazing job describing some of the most common logical fallacies in plain English. Study them and improve your thinking.
Bruno’s favourite canvases for strategy, experimentation, and customer experience
Five canvases worth trying.
Best books to master the Lean Startup
These five books are the fastest way to develop your mastery of lean startup – from theory to practice.
Of boastful innovators and sadistic innovation managers
Bruno's advice to innovators and innovation managers on how to keep their sanity and career intact.
Faster horses fallacy
Innovator’s job is understanding customer’s needs as well as their current processes so they can innovate and create delightful products and services.
How to maximise learning from Playing Lean workshops
Recollection and synthesis are an important part of an effective learning process. That's why I always suggest you create opportunities for them in your Playing Lean workshops.
Startup Visionary Awards awarded to Founder Institute Oslo
Founder Institute Oslo achieved a cohort with 75% Female Alumni in 2018, winning a Startup Visionary Award.
Is investing 24 hours in understanding the problem worth it?
Product development doesn’t have to be a gamble.
Strategies for Growth and Innovation at Ashridge
What have I learnt at the five day Strategies for Growth and Innovation course at Ashridge Executive Education?
Translating Strategy into Action at Ashridge
What have I learnt at the three day Translating Strategy into Action course at Ashridge Executive Education?
Designing Operating Models at Ashridge
What have I learnt at the three day Designing Operating Models course at Ashridge Executive Education?
Strategic Decisions at Ashridge
What have I learnt at the five day Strategic Decisions course at Ashridge Executive Education?
Strategyzer Bootcamp
What have I learnt at the five day Strategyzer bootcamp?
How far are you ready to go to develop your idea?
Most promising Norwegian founders and their startups in the first cohort by Founder Institute Norway.
Lessons from Shigeo and Ritsuo Shingo
What have I learnt from Shigeo and Ritsuo Shingo?
Measuring what Matters at Shingo Conference
Measuring what matters to you means understanding both your business and your customers deep enough to identify metrics that matter the most.
Lean Startup Summit Europe 2018
I had tremendous fun facilitating a number of unconference sessions and roundtable discussions at the Lean Startup Summit Europe.
The Lean Presentation
Collection of my posts from The Lean Presentation.
The journey never ends
All my life I've pursued decisions that align with my values. And I have no regrets.
Kaizen spirit by Masaaki Imai
Masaaki Imai on new definition of kaizen, taming the baratsuki, and Chistopher Columbus' school of management.
Lean Startup at Miles Camp
Deep dive into advanced Lean Startup topics.
Games as a way to coach and teach lean thinking
Simulations and games can be extremely beneficial, so long as we use them to highlight and explain the underlying behaviors we must adopt if we are to successfully embrace lean… and not only the tools.
Lean Six Sigma: deployment
How can Lean Six Sigma projects be deployed for maximum effect?
Lean Six Sigma: in-depth comparison
In-depth comparison of Lean and Six Sigma across thirty one elements.
Lean Six Sigma: origin
Is Lean Six Sigma a legitimate methodology or a consultant's trickery?
Lean Thinking: critique
Is lean thinking a copy of the Toyota Way or a standalone philosophy built upon two powerful paradigms of the past?
Lean Thinking: assessing leanness
How can we measure process cycle efficiency, overall equipment effectiveness, and organisational leanness?
Lean Thinking: principles and tools
Understanding principles behind the lean thinking is critical for our ability to make a change for the better.
False negatives and false positives
False negative is a result that appears negative when it should not, while false positive is a result that appears positive when it should not.
Lean Thinking: origin
A journey from mass manufacturing to Toyota Production System to Lean Thinking.
Six Sigma: critique
Supposedly Six Sigma projects have created billions and billions of dollars in savings. Is everything as rosy as consultants claim?
Six Sigma: organisation and roles
How does successful Six Sigma organisation look like? What are key roles and their responsibilities?
Six Sigma: deployment and methods
Learn more about fourteen points for successful deployment of Six Sigma and integrated portfolio of nine Six Sigma methods.
Six Sigma: defined
Six Sigma defined through statistical, business, and academic lenses.
Identifying existing alternatives
After you have identified, listed, and described your customer's top 3 problems your next step is to assess how they are solving those problems today.
On Continuous Improvement
Core principles of continuous improvement are (1) process orientation, (2) improving and maintaining standards, and (3) people orientation. What are the fundamental behaviours for developing a culture of improvement?
Quality Management Frameworks
Organisations can use quality management frameworks to benchmark the quality performance on their journey to excellence.
Mistake Proofing (Poka-Yoke)
Poka-Yoke is a technique for preventing errors from occurring by designing the manufacturing process, equipment and tools in such a way that an operation literally cannot be performed incorrectly.
Quality Management Systems
Comparison of Japanese Total Quality Control, Total Quality Management, Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge, Lean, Business Process Reengineering, and Six Sigma.
Quality Philosophers
Deming, Juran, Ishikawa, and Crosby changed the world of quality management forever. These are their most significant contributions.
On Managing for Quality
Historical overview of quality movement from inspection to strategic management.
Theory of Constraints in production within Aerosud Aviation
Aerosud Aviation began their TOC implementation in 2014. Learn more about their replenishment solution, buffer management system, and visual warning system.
How to succeed with lean programs
What is the best way to establish a successful lean programme? What actions should managers undertake in order to contribute to the success of their lean programme?
5S numbers game
Use this numbers game to explain and teach 5S in fun and easy way.
Takt Time, Cycle Time, Lead Time
Watch this video to understand differences between Takt Time, Cycle Time, and Lead Time. After theoretical introduction there are two examples which clearly show how to calculate each of them, and what are they used for.
The Role Of The Plant Manager in Lean
Jim Huntzinger and Michel Baudin discuss the role of the plant manager in Lean implementation.
The Jobs To Be Done Framework
Figuring out what problems you are solving can be hard. It may help to think about what “job” you are “hiring” a product to do instead.
Two Critical Flows
Learn more about two critical flows — “now” and “in the future” — and their constraints.
Introduction to Lean Manufacturing
Learn what Lean Manufacturing is all about.
Calculating Overall Equipment Effectiveness
Watch this short example and learn how to calculate Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
Overview of the Overall Equipment Effectiveness
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is a metric which integrates availability, performance and quality metrics. It is also an important part of a successful TPM implementation.
How to identify a bottleneck?
Identifying a bottleneck/constraint is a first step towards enabling the system to achieve its goal.
Total Productive Maintenance by Gemba Academy
Learn more about Total Productive Maintenance and how it can support your Lean efforts. It is a combination of preventive maintenance, total quality control, and total employee involvement aimed at achieving zero accidents, defects, and breakdowns.
One-Piece Flow
In this short video by Jeremy of TheLeanWorshop one-piece flow is explained through a simple visual example.
Pull System by Lean Concepts
In this video Isaac-Lowry introduces basic elements of the pull system, kanban, lot sizing, and quick changeover.
Introduction to Total Productive Maintenance
Watch this short video to find out what Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is and isn’t.
Eight Principles of SMED
Mr. Rogers explains six basic steps of Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) basics and its eight principles.
QCO & SMED Overview by Gemba Academy
Quick Changeover (QCO) is an invaluable tool in the pursuit of flow. QCO can be achieved by the system Shigeo Shingo developed in the late 1950-ies called Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED).
Plug Game by Lean Games
The Plug Game is a manufacturing simulation based on assembling 3 pin plugs, for teach cellular layout, push/pull, one piece flow, kanban, and work balance.
Push vs. Pull
Implementation of the pull system is important part of any lean transformation, and the first step is understanding the difference between push and pull.
Lean in 90 seconds
Have a colleague or friend who would like to know more about Lean but are short on time? Show them this video.
Assessing engineering students’ ethicality
In higher educational institutions, ethics is the very core of the people that institutions are trying to morally shape. This article presents introduction of a new class devoted to ethics.
Manufacturing quality of axle assemblies for railway vehicles
This thesis explored manufacturing quality of axle assemblies for railway vehicles procured by the Đuro Đaković Special Vehicles. Extensive process capability analysis has been performed, enabling identification of improvement opportunities.
Implementing Lean Six Sigma: The effective integration of two improvement methodologies
This project investigates how can Lean thinking and Six Sigma be effectively integrated in order to deliver superior business results.
Algorithm development for design and analysis of experiments with mixtures
The algorithm for design and analysis of experiments with mixtures of lower complexity has been developed within Matlab environment. Algorithm has been successfully tested against commercial software packages.
