Innovative Lean Development
How to Create, Implement and Maintain a Learning Culture
Using Fast Learning Cycles
Timothy Schipper and Mark Swets
Internal Lean Consultants, Steelcase, Inc.
ISBN: 978-1-4200-9298-1, July 2009, 200 pp., Soft Cover
"While innovation will always be messy business, the authors have eliminated
much of the messiness. They have brought systematic thinking to something that
does not lend itself to being systematic"
-Bart Huthwaite, Sr., Huthwaite Innovation Institute
"This is truly a practitioner's book. ... If you follow the standards, you'll be putting
Lean development in place, and more important, you'll be ensuring the
behaviors and practices that sustain it. "
-David Mann, author of Creating a Lean Culture
Incorporating Lean and the rules of structured innovation into the development process, this book unleashes
the creativity of all involved in developing new products, services, or processes. Applying this approach, the
authors have helped teams cut development time in half, while delivering award-winning quality solutions.
