A Quick Course on Lean
Over the weekend I got asked the best way to teach students the principles of Lean via Zoom.
One of the key lessons from our Educators Conference is that when teaching online complex information needs to be delivered to students in small, easily processed parts.
I realized that pre-pandemic I had put together a series of two-minute videos called “See Why.” They’re not only helpful for a formal class but for anyone who wants to review the basics. Here’s what I suggested they offer their students:
Lean in Context
No Business Plan Survives First Contact With Customers
How did we build startups in the past?
The Business Model
An introduction to The Business Model Canvas
How to Get, Keep and Grow Customers?
How to Get Out of the Building and Test the Business Model
What is Customer Development
What is Customer Discovery and Why Do it?
A short article on how to do Customer Discovery via Zoom
The Harvard Business Review Article “Why the Lean Startup Changes Everything” ties the pieces together here
The Mission Model Canvas
What is the Mission Model Canvas
The Mission Model Canvas Videos
Extra’s
Why Customer Development is done by founders
What Do Customers Get from You?
What are Customer Problems/Pains?
Users, Payers and Multi-sided markets
How do I Know I Have the Right Customers – Testing
More two-minute lectures here
Tools for educators here
Tools for students here
Lessons Learned
- Break up online lessons into small parts
Steve Blank writes about teaching entrepreneurship at www.steveblank.com.
Managing Director - Accenture Operations Activation Services & Sales Excellence leader
3 年Paul Lekkerkerker
Product Manager - Data Science
3 年Lean and Systems Thinking are so key for complexity reduction. It is self-evident for all to want simplicity - but like any tournament or contest - not all players will succeed. It is very hard to self-inspect and to come to grips with the math and implications behind queues, cycle times and process waste. The challenge increases when the 3 - 5 Whys are used to further analyze the data. It is hard (team) work - but it is worth it. The benefits of lean, lean/agile will help the organization be successful at the even bigger mission of the organization.
Co-founder & CEO at Max Retail
3 年SwapRetail was built on your Lean course. I can never thank you enough, Steve!
Alberto Peralta, PhD
President at Ceratec inc.
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