Lean Entrepreneurship: Innovation in the Modern Enterprise

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George Watt and Howard AbramsLean Entrepreneurshiphttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3942-1_8

8. Inspiring Lean Innovation

Stimulating Lean Innovation Culture in an Established Organization

George Watt¹  and Howard Abrams²

(1)

Kanata, ON, Canada

(2)

San Mateo, CA, USA

 

“The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.”

—John Hancock, American merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution (1737–1793)

In Chapter 6, we mentioned some of the benefits a program like our accelerator can have beyond bringing innovative new ideas to your company, such as employee development and improving your company’s reputation. In addition to those more obvious—albeit sometimes hard to measure—benefits, ...