The Institute for Lean Innovation

The Institute for Lean Innovation helps enterprises worldwide develop lean innovative products, services and business systems using the InnovationCUBE™. It does this through forums, on-site workshops, conferences, and innovation leadership training. The Institute's guiding philosophy is that Lean Innovation is learnable, repeatable and sustainable by any enterprise.

	Bart Huthwaite Sr. world renowned expert in the field of innovation leadership. He is the founder of the Institute for Lean Innovation and the author of Lean Design Solution and The Rules of Innovation. Huthwaite
is also the creator of the InnovationCUBE®, a systematic process for making innovation learnable, repeatable and measurable for both products and business systems.
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	Timing is everything. This is true when you are seeking game changing breakthroughs in anything -- marketing, manufacturing, supply chain, engineering and more. Invention is not the mother of necessity. You do not create new needs; instead, you must recognize and satisfy them. Lean Innovation Excellence is the combination of a new business philosophy, management practices, and project protocols to create offerings that deliver new value with less cost, in less time, and with better quality. During this IndustryWeek-hosted on-demand event, Bart Huthwaite shares with you the "how to" secrets of beating your competitors to the punch in any domain. You learn how to apply techniques such as the "rule of ripening bananas" to spot new opportunities.
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2008
Lean Innovation Summit

August 20 - 22
Grand Hotel
Mackinac Island
Michigan

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	Bart's Latest Blog Entry
	Understanding Lean Innovation Lean Innovation Excellence is the combination of a new business philosophy, management practices, and project protocols to create offerings that deliver new value with less cost, time and poor quality. The word “lean” in Lean Innovation Excellence means the use of techniques to make an offering cost, time and quality effective from the very start of a project. It is the philosophy that “fire prevention” is far better than “fire fighting.”
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	Are Employee Idea Plans Really a Good Idea? The statistics were impressive. More than 6,785 ideas submitted over 12 months with estimated savings of $1.2 million. Employee idea plans are now the rage. But are they really a good idea? It’s estimated that for every one valuable idea there are 100 that never even come close to the mark. Harvesting your company’s intellectual capital is a good idea. However, too often employee disillusionment sets in when ideas fail to make the cut and lie fallow in the field.
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