MATTHEW E. MAY

ELEGANTSOLUTIONS

Rules to Innovate By

1,000,000

Elegance is chess, not checkers.

Lesson: Define innovation for the everyman

Temptations distract, derail

SAKICHITOYODA(1867-1930)

PERFECTION“18”

INGENUITYChange the work.

FITRespect “the box”

There is nothing new hereThese principles are universal

They must become discipline

Let Learning Lead

Learn to See

Design for Today

Think in Pictures

Capture the Intangible

Leverage the LIMITS

Master the Tension

Run the Numbers

Make Kaizen Mandatory

Step 1: Create a standard

Step 2: Follow it

Step 3: Find a better way

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Keep it lean…

…because there’s nothing elegant about excess.

To be an innovative organization, you have to ask

for innovation. You assemble a group of talented people who

are eager to do new things and put them in an environment

where innovation is expected.It’s that simple…

Paul Cook (Raychem)

There’s a way to do it better. Find it.Thomas Edison

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