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Author Majerus, Norbert, author.

Title Winning innovation : how innovation excellence propels an industry icon toward sustained prosperity / Norbert Majerus, George Taninecz
Edition First edition
Published [New York] : Productivity Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (352 pages)
Contents Table of ContentsForeword xAcknowledgments xAuthors xIntroduction x1. Chain Reaction x2. Junior⁰́₉s Sicilian Dream x3. From Mind to Lab x4. Riding an Idea x5. Innovation Excellence Begins x6. 100 Ideas x7. Challenging Changes and Chains x8. Lost in the Shadows x9. Seeing Is Believing x10. New Way of Working x11. A New Organization x12. New R&D Culture Emerges x13. New Organization, New Goals, New Direction x14. A New Approach to R&D x15. New Davanti and R&D Strategies x16. Transformation Metrics x17. New R&D Function Takes Shape x18. Bikes without Wheels x19. Davanti at the Tour x20. The Product Creation Process x21. Davanti Ramps Back Up x22. Transparency Comes to Davanti x23. New Ideas and New Revenues x24. New Ways of Leading and Managing x25. Davanti Starts to Look Lean x26. Davanti Innovations Pick Up Speed x27. R&D Strategy, Metrics, and Huddles x28. Results to Celebrate x29. New Year for a New Davanti x30. Calling 118 x31. Do the Right Thing x32. Features of Failure x33. Mo, Marie, and Leonardo x34. Davanti for Sale x35. Davanti Ever After xIndex x
Summary Testa Della Corsa, an Italian bicycle company, makes the best racing bikes in the world. But after decades of market dominance, competitors have brought the industry leader back to the peloton. The company⁰́₉s second-generation owner longs for retirement, but a tired product lineup is pushing down profits and the firm⁰́₉s market value will never support his ride into the sunset. The flawed but beloved owner seeks out the counsel of an old friend and successful businessman, who steers him toward a fast and remarkable transformation, one fueled by a relentless focus on innovation excellence. An engaging business novel, Winning Innovation dives into the art and science of innovation; the thrills of the European bike-racing circuit; the vibrant landscape and cuisine of Italy; and a cast of intriguing characters who work to put Testa on the road to sustained prosperity. The company⁰́₉s leader isn⁰́₉t afraid to learn and apply new ideas to re-energize his company and finds he cares more about his employees than he could ever imagine. A young innovator struggles to see a product idea to fruition as well as rise into management ⁰́₄ and he falls in love along the way. A newly promoted R&D director brings teamwork and transparency to product development and aligns the entire company around innovation. With the help of a seasoned and persistent change agent, in just a year Testa deploys a well-defined and -sequenced transformation ⁰́₄ a complete and seamless process that can be replicated and scaled by most companies. The leader engages associates in pursuit of the right vision and strategy, candidly supporting them all as they unleash their creative sparks, work through personality conflicts, and take on real-world challenges faced by companies every day. They learn and apply traditional R&D principles in new ways (e.g., cost of delay, sprints, fail fast, late start) and successfully leverage emerging innovation and change-management principles (e.g., idea-creation events, knowledge management, workplace humility, visual management, lean project management). And an aligned, three-phase innovation process ⁰́₄ from idea creation to technology development and product design ⁰́₄ provides the innovation infrastructure the company needs for revenue creation and success beyond racing bikes. From a top-heavy organization dominated by power struggles and fingerpointing emerges a new Testa Della Corsa ⁰́₄ a flattened, innovative company with: ⁰́Ø Clear vision and endorsed goals and strategy ⁰́Ø Speed, responsiveness, and agility ⁰́Ø Widespread, successful creativity ⁰́Ø Collaboration and teamwork ⁰́Ø Superior risk management ⁰́Ø Respect for people ⁰́Ø Unquestionable ethics ⁰́Ø Changed leadership and associate behaviors ⁰́Ø Project management excellence, and ⁰́Ø Rapid problem-solving and experimentation. Not just the story of an R&D transformation, Winning Innovation illustrates a companywide transformation of a magnitude that only superior R&D can make possible. It may well be the first book to chronologically introduce the principles for a complete innovation excellence transformation along with the parallel people transformation that is necessary for real change to occur. The end result for Testa Della Corsa is a dominant new culture based on respect and humility; highly efficient processes that will deliver a wealth of innovations, sales, and profits for many years to come; and an owner who leaves a bright future for the people and company he⁰́₉s known and loved his entire life
Notes Norbert Majerus -- Beginning in 2005, Norbert implemented a principles-based lean product development process at the three global innovation centers of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. For more than a decade he was Goodyear⁰́₉s lean champion in research and development. In 2016, Norbert published his first book, Lean-Driven Innovation, which received the Shingo Research Award. Also in 2016, with Norbert⁰́₉s guidance the Goodyear R&D organization applied for and received the AME Excellence Award. Norbert, born and raised in Luxembourg, has a Master⁰́₉s degree in Chemistry from the Universitaet des Saarlandes, Saarbruecken, Germany, and worked most of the disciplines in the Goodyear innovation centers in Luxembourg and Akron. Norbert has taught workshops and has given keynotes at many conferences in the United States and other countries. Since retiring from Goodyear in 2017, he continues to share his extensive lean expertise via Norbert Majerus consulting. He is a Shingo Academy Fellow, an AME assessor and serves on the board of LPPDE (Lean Product and Process Development Exchange). George Taninecz has been studying and writing about process improvement for 30 years. He has authored articles and white papers for leading lean organizations ⁰́₄ the Lean Enterprise Institute, Catalysis, Value Capture ⁰́₄ and supported many of the world⁰́₉s leading lean thinkers as a book editor and/or project manager. Many of the books on which Taninecz has worked have won a Shingo Award, most recently Lean-Driven Innovation by Norbert Majerus. Taninecz⁰́₉s background includes a decade at IndustryWeek magazine. During his tenure as the magazine⁰́₉s managing editor, he was a director of America⁰́₉s Best Plants program and launched numerous research initiatives for publication. After leaving IndustryWeek, he worked in knowledge development at McKinsey & Company as a communication specialist in the firm⁰́₉s manufacturing practice. In 2003, Taninecz founded George Taninecz Inc. and works with clients to develop books, white papers, executive summaries, and articles on lean thinking and process improvement. Since 2003, Taninecz also has served as the Vice President of Research at The MPI Group, where he develops research, benchmarking, and maturity-model tools and oversees the creation of thought leadership in a range of formats that explore industry trends and issues, management strategies, and principles, and operations practices and processes
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Subject Testa Della Corsa
Bicycle industry -- Italy
Bicycle industry -- Technological innovations -- Italy
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Production & Operations Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Manufacturing Industries.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Quality Control.
Bicycle industry
Italy
Form Electronic book
Author Taninecz, George, author.
ISBN 9781003231837
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9781000546293
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9781000546309
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