Today I was fortunate to have the opportunity to sit in on a webinar titled “Bringing Lean to Established Companies” by lean startup gurus Eric Ries, Brant Cooper, and Patrick Vlaskovits. The webinar was not about bringing lean per se but rather the lean startup approach to established companies.

By “established companies” the speakers meant non-startups, which include organizations that may or may not have begun practicing lean within their organizations, and may or may not be succeeding with lean. The speakers based their information on their experience with Fortune 100 companies.

There were more than 600 participants from around the world, many good questions, and too little time to answer them. The organizers promised to post the webinar audio on their website and answer additional questions through their blog.

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