by Nina | Nov 19, 2017 | Customer Oriented Thinking, Entrepreneur Mindset, Growth Mindset, Lean Leadership, Women
Anyone that knows me, knows I love food. When I travel, I seek out textures and flavors. It’s exciting to learn how experiences and cultures intermingle – how the taste of the same dish delivered on opposite sides of the world changes. For example, those...
by Nina | Dec 20, 2016 | Innovation, Leadership, Lean Leadership
When I look back over 2016, I can see many examples of widespread change, disruption and innovation. I can see tremendous gains and hard fought incremental improvements. But away from the big ticket items, what has really changed? Let’s take a look. Live your...
by Nina | May 18, 2016 | Innovation, Leadership, Lean Leadership, Nina Simosko
Hands up who has an ideas platform. Hands up who has an innovation team or a lab. What about email? How many new business ideas would your receive in your email each week? Or month? What about informal and formal chats, hackathons or pitching competitions? There’s an...
by Nina | Nov 16, 2015 | Innovation, Leadership, Lean Leadership
When it comes to innovation, there is much that we can learn from the lean approaches taken by startups. There is the rapid iteration, hypothesis testing and measurement, that builds a dynamic, responsive organization. There is the focus on releasing products and...
