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Focus on Uncertainty, not on Horizons

Guest Post by Ben Schmuck, Lean Innovation Manager, Caterpillar Inc. Dear Fellow Corporate Innovators, We’ve all heard of the “Core, Adjacent, Transformational” or “Three Horizons” innovation framework. Core innovation…

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3 Days of Inspiration and Learning: A Recap of LSCo’s Enterprise Summit

After three days of keynotes, workshops and networking, we caught up with a few attendees of the first Lean Startup Co. Virtual Summit: Enterprise Edition to see what stuck. They…

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Practicing Genuine Empathy To Understand Customer Needs

Sandeep Mylavarapu of Caterpillar Inc. Sandeep Mylavarapu is a mechanical engineer and a human-centered design practitioner. He’s spent more than a decade at the proving grounds, developing various construction and mining…

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Letting Go of Established Behaviors To Discover Something New

Ieasha Taitano Ieasha Taitano is an executive leader, practitioner, and facilitator who builds shared service practices in innovation, design thinking, and product management. She has led transformations at companies like…

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Approaching Life With a Lean Startup Mindset

Ben Hafele of Lean Startup Co. Ben Hafele is a senior faculty member at Lean Startup Co, where he leads training, coaching, and consulting engagements with startups, large corporations, and…

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How an Innovation Framework Helps a Food Giant Explore New Opportunities

Nancy Yaklich of Cargill Nancy Yaklich is a digital innovation coach at Cargill. She launched the EDGE Program, Cargill’s digital business accelerator based on Lean Startup. She coaches founders, startup…

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How a New Way of Working Took Hold at Universal Robots

Rob Hernandez of Universal Robots Rob Hernandez is a practiced product developer and strategist in the automation space. Together with The Lean Startup Co., he has started UR LABS, a…

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How In-Depth Customer Interviews Drive Innovation and Culture at Caterpillar

Ben Schmuck of Caterpillar Ben Schmuck is a lean innovation manager at Caterpillar, where he accelerates an eclectic portfolio of early-stage innovation projects focused on revenue growth. Ben has coached…

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Promoting Innovation to Leadership at 100-Year-Old Moody’s

Keith Berry of Moody’s Analytics Keith Berry is General Manager of the KYC Solutions business at New York-based Moody’s, where he promotes innovation across a passionate and dedicated organization focused…

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Building A Startup For Long-Term Success

Learn the key to a successful digital transformation, Eric’s most common advice for founders, and tips for jump-starting innovation in legacy environments in this lively podcast featuring Eric Ries and…

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Advice from an Entrepreneur, Intrapreneur, Investor and Advisor

We recently hosted a conversation between Fiifi Founder & CEO, Theron McCollough, and Lean Startup Co. Advisor, Chris Guest, focused on Theron’s experiences working in the world of startups and…

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An Honest Account Of An Entrepreneur’s Pivot

We recently hosted a conversation between Ryan Caldbeck, Founder & CEO at CircleUp, and Chris Guest, Lean Startup Co. Advisor, focused on what it’s like as a CEO to take…

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How Parenthood Sparked a Business

We recently hosted a conversation between Blueland co-founder and CEO Sarah Paiji Yoo and our newest moderator Chris Guest. They discuss how becoming a mom led Sarah to create a…

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3 Mental Models To Reduce Uncertainty and Increase Winning

Chris Cochella We had a conversation with Chris Cochella, serial entrepreneur and founder of Brackitz, an award-winning children’s STEM education building system. He shared with us three mental models intended to reduce uncertainty in highly uncertain environments. Lean…

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