LEAN INNOVATION – CONSISTENT IMPROVEMENT OVER TIME

Progress is typically made one step at a time unless there is a radical change or disruption that results in improvements that come in leaps and bounds.

Radical Changes are much rarer, so lean innovation. Small and consistent improvement over time, is critical to competitiveness and even survival in between the radical changes. Lean innovation can be described as incremental improvements through standardization, training, selecting the right tools/equipment for the task, etc.

Here is an example of Lean Innovation over time leading to significant improvements.

The patience and diligence required by Lean Innovation strategies require vision and complete buy-in by the team in order to create a culture in which Lean Innovation can not only exist but thrive.

Here is an explainer of the pit stop process.