Small Giants

Small Giants

Seven Lessons from Bo Burlingham’s “Small Giants: Companies That Choose to be Great Instead of Big” for private company founders.

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Competing Against Luck

Competing Against Luck

Lean East summarizes “Competing Against Luck,” the story of innovation and customer choice that introduces jobs theory and improves Customer Discovery.

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Allowing For Trial & Error

Allowing For Trial & Error

As the world becomes more complex, organizations must experiment to learn and grow. We share the Lean East improvement cycle and tips for leaders, on video!

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7 Lessons from Good to Great

7 Lessons from Good to Great

Good to Great companies have disciplined people, thought, and action. We summarize each chapter of the bestselling book into a “Good to Great” process.

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Selecting a Lean Project

Selecting a Lean Project

How should an organization new to Lean thinking select a good initial Lean project? Click here for our project selection matrix with eight things to consider.

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Start with Why

Start with Why

This month we discuss the 2009 book Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek. In this favorite book of many leaders, Sinek asks why some companies are able to achieve things that defy all the assumptions. For example, why is Apple so innovative? Why did the Wright Brothers […]

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Simplify the Customer

Simplify the Customer

To improve health care delivery in the United States, simplify the customer. Single-payer healthcare and free-market healthcare systems are discussed and contrasted.

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