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Vice President, Innovation Practice
George has driven lean transformations for R&D and Product Marketing with real results at Danaher Corporation for decades, culminating his career there as a Global Vice President of R&D for X-Rite, and then as Vice President of Innovation in the Danaher Business System Office for the Dental Group, as it spun off to become Envista Corporation. Also a published author, George wrote “Improve: The Next Generation of Continuous Improvement for Knowledge Work” (2020) and “Project Management in Product Development” (2016).
Looking to motivate and educate your team on Lean? Schedule George for Lean public speaking.
Ready to unlock your full potential and discover hidden opportunities for your business? Schedule George for a FREE 30-minute Innovation Assessment now and supercharge your innovation strategy!
George combines deep respect for technical expertise, drive for commercial success, and an unending mission to cut waste.
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Recent Articles
Take the Chaos out of Sustaining Project Management
30-Minute Innovation Checkup
Product Roadmap Event. #5 in the Seven Tool Series
Product Roadmap Event: One of the Seven Tool Series
Lean Metrics: Scoreboards vs. Weather Reports
The Way of Band-Aids
Seven Tools Series: The Extreme Transparency of the “Snapshot” Fever Chart
The Extreme Transparency of the Fever Chart
Four Bad Reasons to Avoid Gemba
Seven-Tools Series: Visual Project Management and Lean Phase-Gate
Back to Basics: Seven Innovation Tools that Deliver
Deploy Kaizen Solutions in 3 Steps
Too many projects? Too much waste!
Problem Solving: Think Before Automating
Change is Hard Work
The Waste of Information Friction
Untested Assumptions? Waste Will Follow!
Phase-Gate Systems Need Kaizen Care
More Than You Think! The Real Cost of Project Delay.
Does Lean Thinking Work Innovation?
Oversubscription Hides Waste
New Products: Launch for Success
Bring Projects in On Time with the Fever Chart
The Innovation Journey Newsletter
The Eight Wastes of Knowledge Work
A Structured Approach to Lean Knowledge Work
Recent Webinars
DEVELOP, GROW, LEVERAGE AND MONETIZE YOUR PRODUCT PORFOLIO WITH I.P. STRATEGY DEPLOYMENT
RESULTWARE™ VPM APP: VISUAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT… LEAN THINKING FOR REAL RESULTS
DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING: UNLOCKING YOUR PRODUCT’S FULL POTENTIAL
RESULTWARE™ CANVAS & ROADMAP APP: REVOLUTIONIZING YOUR PRODUCT ROADMAP PROCESS
RESULTWARE™ KAIZEN360 APP: REVOLUTIONIZING HOW YOU PLAN, EXECUTE, AND MONITOR KAIZEN EVENTS
CREATING AN INNOVATION ENGINE FOR SUSTAINABLE REVENUE GROWTH
BRING CLARITY TO THE “FUZZY FRONT END” WITH PROJECT REQUIREMENTS KAIZEN
STRATEGY DEPLOYMENT MADE SIMPLE: INTRODUCING THE RESULTWARE™ STRATEGY DEPLOYMENT APP
DRIVING RESULTS WITH NEW PRODUCT LAUNCH CONTROL ROOMS
VALIDATING VOICE OF CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS WITH “CONTINUOUS USER FEEDBACK”
SOLVING CUSTOMER PAIN POINTS WITH DESIGN THINKING
ENSURING COMMERCIAL SUCCESS WITH PRODUCT LAUNCH READINESS
ACCELERATING THE PACE OF NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTION WITH A LEAN PHASE GATE SYSTEM
CHARTING THE COURSE FOR FUTURE GROWTH WITH PRODUCT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
VISUAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR REMOTE AND ONSITE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS
UNCOVERING UNMET CUSTOMER NEEDS WITH USER WORKFLOW DISCOVERY
ACCELERATING ORGANIC GROWTH WITH LEAN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT