5 simple mistakes to avoid when starting up

Funnily enough shutting yourself into a dark room, taking months to build a product…

The Tao of Running Lean

Right action, right time, right way

Sources of unreasonableness

From an early age we are trained to be reasonable, to comply, and to follow the rules. While there are good…

Are HiPPOs driving your development?

The highest paid person’s opinion (more commonly known as HiPPO) is something I hadn’t really…

Are you a victim, neutralizer or transformer of constraints?

Starting new business is hard, it involves changing the way we think about things, learning new ways of doing things and finding the motivation to keep going when things get tough.

How to make the most of what we already have

When faced with an obstacle or difficulty that we want to overcome, we often focus on the things we don’t have and pay less attention to the things we have in abundance. And that seems logical — after all, we need these other things we don’t have, so…

Running Lean with direction

When introducing changes to organisations and communities, which aren’t simple, it is important to have an appropriate understanding of how they function and what the impact of these changes will be. We must be able to monitor the performance of the various flows over time (e.g…

The “one thing” you should do before filling your first Lean Canvas

When we first came across the Lean Canvas, we were amazed by the immediate impact it had on the way we do things and the way we think. The lean canvas helped us explain our ideas better, recognise our risks…