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Lean six sigma-Assessing your own innovative climate
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The successful companies took a deliberate detour from the traditional approach to operational improvement. By using the Lean Six Sigma approach in a broader, more strategic fashion, they were able to uncover innovation opportunities across their business – not just in operations.
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And in the process,they were able to improve business performance and establish organizations that are more naturally inclined to innovate.As analyzed on their Lean Six Sigma efforts,it has been identified several distinguishing features of their approaches that set them apart from those with a traditional operational improvement mindset.
The common characteristics shared by these innovators include:
• An innovation vision based on factual customer and market insights – Leaders crafted a compelling vision based on a keen understanding of market demands and their own capabilities. Their objectives were explicit and few in number to enable focus.
• Leadership committed to perpetual innovation – CEOs and business unit leaders played active, enthusiastic roles. They were clearly committed to making an indelible cultural change, not just launching another initiative.
• Alignment across the extended enterprise –The strategic innovation vision was used as a unifying force to align disparate business units and influence supplier and customer relationships.
• Organizational capabilities that made innovation habitual – At the outset, these companies’Lean Six Sigma initiatives involved an intense period of training, dedicated resources and an initial bubble of projects to jumpstart their transformation. But over time, as the mindset became more mainstream, these companies established enduring processes that helped drive continuous innovation throughout the organization.
The challenges these companies faced are not unique. Peers around the world are feeling similar pressure to innovate. The pivotal question is whether your organization is equipped to do so – and to do so in a sustainable manner.
Here are several questions that can help you assess your level of preparedness:
• Do you have a clear vision of where you want your company to be in two years? In five years? In ten years?
• How closely tied is this vision to the needs of your current and target customers? And is your understanding of these needs based on actual assessments or assumed information?
• Will this vision require innovations in your business model? In your products or services? In your markets?
• What will you need to do at the operational level to enable and drive these innovations?
• To support innovation, what changes will be required to your management approach,organizational structures, metrics and skills?
• How are you making innovation happen more systematically? Are you establishing the right environment?
So to start with , first master the basics. Here is a free guide from the industry expert on six sigma for you to learn & update your skills and start your journey towards innovation.
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