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Walking Your Talk on Innovation

I recently participated in a virtual roundtable where the topic of conversation turned to non-dues revenue and the need to experiment with new ideas in a time of rapid change (it may be trite to…

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Lean at 10: Culture Eats Methodology for Lunch

Ten years ago, Guillermo Ortiz de Zárate and I co-authored Innovate the Lean Way, a free monograph designed to introduce lean startup methodology to the association industry, explain why we think it’s a good fit…

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Are You Lean-Curious?

By this point, most executives have probably at least heard of lean startup methodology. You may even know that it’s used for product development, and, in the association context, particularly applicable to ideas for new…

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