Rapid Learning Cycles 101 – Page 2 – High Velocity Innovation

Most Innovation is One Long Slow Learning Cycle

Does Your Innovation Program Have
Long, Slow Cycles?:
Making premature decisions when learning in early development often sets up a team for failure in the execution phases.

Katherine Radeka
May 13, 2019
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Innovation teams in both start-ups and established companies face pressure to make decisions quickly. Investor expectations and innovation processes encourage teams to be decisive, in the false belief that making decisions represents progress. While there are some decisions that should…

The Terms Anyone Using the Rapid Learning Cycles Framework Should Know
A Glossary of Key Concepts and Useful Terms

Katherine Radeka
April 15, 2019
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You may have heard some of these terms used elsewhere. The precise definitions we give here are one of the secrets to our repeatable success. By applying rigor where rigor is useful, we avoid miscommunication around the most important things…

The Agile Roots of the
Rapid Learning Cycles Framework:
Why your teams need to use different language for different work.

Katherine Radeka
March 19, 2019
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When people with Agile experience see the Rapid Learning Cycles framework, it looks familiar. That’s not an accident. Our first attempts with Rapid Learning Cycles used Scrum. We knew that some people in the Scrum world, including some well-known consultants,…

What is Agile Product Development?

Katherine Radeka
March 13, 2019
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To the average person, “agile” means “able to move quickly and easily.” Product development is often perceived to be too slow, take too long, and lack the ability to respond to new information that may come in late in a…

How To Make Decisions That Actually Stick
Why Innovators Need Rapid Learning Cycles

Katherine Radeka
March 12, 2019
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When innovators use Rapid Learning Cycles in early development, they get acceleration for their best ideas, as others fail faster. That leads to more predictable schedules with faster time-to-market.

Rapid Learning Cycles Throughout the Enterprise
Rapid Learning for Any High Uncertainty / High Cost of Change Program

Katherine Radeka
April 15, 2018
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We’ve been holding elections in the United States since before we were an independent nation. While claims of voter and election fraud have also been a part of American history from the beginning, the switch to electronic voting machines seems…

How to Plan for Uncertainty and Discovery:
What to do When Agile Is Not Enough

Katherine Radeka
April 15, 2018
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I live in a home built in 1910 with original basement walls that were poured using a form of concrete that is known to have a lifespan of about 120 years before crumbling into dust. The whole weight of the…

Three Types of Knowledge Gaps to Close
Learning Activities to Establish Facts,
Develop Alternatives and Find Limits

Katherine Radeka
April 15, 2018
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When I decided that The Shortest Distance was ready for an update, two key design goals were to improve the quality of printing for our softcover books. It always makes me smile when someone brings in a copy of my…

Three Ways Rapid Learning Cycles Increase Collaboration to Build Confidence:
How to avoid making mistakes that require rebuilding trust.

Katherine Radeka
April 15, 2018
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My partner, Gene has learned that he can’t rely upon our hotels to provide a good set-up for ironing, even in hotels that claim to provide one. Sometimes the hotel only has a few irons, and so he has had…

How to Increase Your Chances of Success in Product Development:
Why the RLC framework provides teams the right balance of structure and accountability.

Katherine Radeka
April 15, 2018
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Gene and I spent a weekend at a small condo in Aix-les-Bains, a small town on an Alpine lake in France. This town has a stunning casino that dates from the Belle Epoque era, with mosaic ceilings that rival some…