LEAN LEADERSHIP: SCALING INNOVATION THROUGH INSPIRATION
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Bennett Blank, Intuit , @BlankBen Mastering lean startup principles takes practice, but teaching an entire company how to do it at scale is a entirely different leadership challenge altogether. Meet Bennett Blank, who was responsible for scaling Lean Startup at Intuit. Bennett will share what he discovered along Intuit’s journey, and best practices for making the leap from individual ability to organizational capability. You’ll learn tips and tricks for leading change, transforming your organization and your career in the process.
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LEAN LEADERSHIP: SCALING INNOVATION THROUGH INSPIRATION
- 1. LEAN LEADERSHIP Send me your thoughts @BlankBen Bennett Blank Innovation Leader, Intuit
- 2. About Me I’m a recovering product manager, and early adopter of Lean Startup at Intuit. It’s no fun doing it alone, so I taught hundreds of employees how to do it too.
- 3. • Gives us safety to take bigger risks • Makes the first step easy • We judge the process instead of ourselves Why I Love Lean Startup
- 4. Lean Leadership How to scale from individual ability to organizational capability. ME to WE
- 5. • Convince, then create • Command from above • Flawless intellect • Success vs. failure • Prove I’m right • Get stabbed (no fun) • Create, then convince • Inspire from below • Enlightened trial & error • Discover the truth • Admit I’m wrong • Not stabbed! CAESAR vs. SCIENTIST
- 6. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams
- 7. Scalable, Repeatable, You… (learn Judo)
- 8. GO WHERE YOU’RE LOVED Start small and seek out like-minded people. Solve other peoples’ problems, and you will gain allies wherever you go. Images Source © Michael Hultström Creative Commons License
- 9. Early Adopters Great innovators can come from anywhere
- 10. GIVE IT AWAY Let others make it their own, no strings attached. Leverage existing culture. Draft off existing words, concepts and programs you already have in place. Images Source © Michael Hultström Creative Commons License
- 11. “100 Startups in 100 Days” $30M Impact in 18 months
- 12. TEACH & INSPIRE Show, don’t tell. You can’t expect others to join if you don’t show them how. Images Source © Michael Hultström Creative Commons License
- 13. Teachers Need Students People will use what they know.
- 14. Students Become Teachers Hundreds of people become the next expert
- 15. USE YOUR CULTURE Position Lean Startup as an evolution to what you already do... Your organization already has an entrepreneurial culture, steal it! Images Source © Michael Hultström Creative Commons License
- 17. Innovation Days = Lean Startup Use their words, not your own.
- 18. YOU ARE THE PRODUCT Apply Lean Startup to YOU. How might you inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more?
- 19. Thank you Send me your thoughts @BlankBen Bennett Blank Innovation Leader, Intuit
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- Finance, HR, new business,
- My name is Bennett Blank I spent most of my career as a designer, entrepreneur, and general product guy For the past 5 years, I’ve been doing this inside a large company, Intuit Inc. makers of QuickBooks, TurboTax, and more) One thing I’ve enjoyed most, is helping create a “lean startup” culture… Before it was cool… We’ve come a long way in the past five years…
- My name is Bennett Blank I spent most of my career as a designer, entrepreneur, and general product guy For the past 5 years, I’ve been doing this inside a large company, Intuit Inc. makers of QuickBooks, TurboTax, and more) One thing I’ve enjoyed most, is helping create a design-driven culture Before it was cool… We’ve come a long way in the past five years, creating a culture of design Today I’ll share a few tips from our early days So you can start your own design revolution…
- But here’s the secret – It starts with you. If you want to effect change, you need to take action In the next few slides I’ll show a few moves to get started…
- Don’t swim upstream, you’ll just get eaten by the bears. The best place to start might be on a different team or project You probably already know the like-minded people Start there! Start small, but go fast Build your momentum over time.
- Your organization has invested in culture – use it to your advantage You can’t change the weather Use it to your advantage Make it their idea, not yours This is the most important
- We set out to change our organization from the ground up. And it’s working Our grass roots revolution is making big gains! Not only are we seeing increased support for design But our work is having a major impact on our business, And most importantly, our customers. BTW – We’re having more fun…
- The most important part… View your organization as the customer Use your design skills to find their pains Solve them well Run experiments to prove it… Leave your ego at the doors
- Finance, HR, new business,
- The most important part… View your organization as the customer Use your design skills to find their pains Solve them well Run experiments to prove it… Leave your ego at the doors
- Finance, HR, new business,