Denis Sherwood: How would you develop innovation from lean and vice-versa?

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Denis Sherwood: How would you develop innovation from lean and vice-versa?

By Dennis Sherwood, Author of Forest for the Trees and Smart Things to Know about Innovation and Creativity - Last updated: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - Save & Share - Leave a comment

I ran an innovation event with a manufacturer of pumps a couple of weeks ago, which went very well, with a huge number of powerful ideas. This organization is a devotee of lean, and although there is a very large overlap between lean and innovation, it’s often hard to see how to exploit this in practice: how would you practically develop innovation through lean and vice versa?