Thursday, January 04, 2007

A book for innovation:The Elegant Solution

I have been troubled how to bring out a new idea, or how to write the project report for a long time, but after seeing this book, I felt relieved.
This book is written of the innovation methodology of Toyota, a well-known Japanese company.
The book gives lots of principles that we can directly compare it with our daily thinking.
There are some good notes in the book, they are "No best, only better","Imperfection drives innovation", and "pursuit of perfection".
At the same time, there are some systematical advices on innocation, they are:
1 Learning should lead;
2 Learn to see;
3 Design for today;
4 Think in pictures;
5 Capture the intangible;
6 Leverage the limits;
7 Master the tension;
8 Run the numbers;
9 Make Kaizan mandatory:create a standard, follow it and find a better way;
10 Keep it lean:make it simple;
I think this book is worth reading many times, and can be used to review your actions on innovation.

No comments: