Episode 3
The process is easy, it’s the people part that is the difficult one.

When working with lean product development in R&D, the process is easy, it’s the people part that is the difficult one. You get benefits from a lean transformation, but if you don’t get the whole organization engaged you won’t succeed. Those benefits go up exponentially if you get everybody engaged.
Norbert Majerus

Norbert Majerus
Business Owner & Retired from The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Your process is important, I think the people part. It’s just as important, if not more important
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When working with lean product development in R&D, the process is easy, it’s the people part that is the difficult one. You get benefits from a lean transformation, but if you don’t get the whole organization engaged you won’t succeed. Those benefits go up exponentially if you get everybody engaged.
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