Author archives: Kruti Varia

Sep

Posted by Kruti Varia | #LeanGame, #LeanSimulation, #LeanSolutions, #lLean, Ketan Varia, Kinetik |

7 Selected Lean Game Resources

Here are the top 7 sites/books for anyone interested in learning about Lean Games.

Jul

Posted by Kruti Varia | #blockchain, #BusinessProcess, #Operational Efficiency, #Shared Data, #supplychain, Process excellence |

How Blockchain Technology Creates Operational Efficiency

Bitcoin and Crypto currency are all the news. However, the underlying technology (called blockchain) is something that can help organisations with business issues in making their operations both effective and efficient.

May

Posted by Kruti Varia | #changemangement, #collaboration, #creativity, #employee wellbeing, #improv, #improvisation, #start-ups, #stress at work, #teamwork, #well-being, #workrealtedstress, aliance, change management, insight, spontaneity | No Comments

Creativity in your Organisation Using Improvisation

Businesses are trying to get an edge by innovating. Outside of technology, utilising the creativity of the workforce on the mind of all organisations. ‘Improv1 for Organisations’ is an excellent tool for creativity, collaboration, flexible mindsets and teamwork.

April 25 , 2018 | Posted by Kruti Varia | #TRIZ Journal, Ketan Varia, Nadhmi Gazem, TRIZ | No Comments

Kinetik’s TRIZ Card Game is featured in The TRIZ Journal

There are different creative methods for generating new ideas such as brainstorming, soliciting ideas from employees and customers, user-lead research.. Read more…

Mar

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Posted by Kruti Varia | #TRIZ Journal, Business Game, Business Product, card game, Dr Nadhmi, Innovation, Ketan Varia, Kinetik, Service, TRIZ | No Comments

TRIZ FOR SERVICE INNOVATION

TRIZ is a Russian innovation and product design process, which can be effectively used in a more simplified way for service design. We have designed some TRIZ cards specifically for the service sector and used them to challenge specific service issues.

Mar

Posted by Kruti Varia | Amazon, Apple, autonomy, B2B, belonging, Competence, customer experience, eBay, Maslow's hierarchy, Maslow's Law, Meaning, Tesco, Timsons |

The four factors when considering Customer Experience

Customers want more than a functional experience in life. Self Determining theory and other research show that beyond adequate functional process, customers want four things in in order to satisfy their emotional needs or experiences.

Jan

Posted by Kruti Varia | Creativitity, Ketan Varia, Kinetik, Neil Reeder, RSA, TRIZ | No Comments

Introducing a new tool inTRIZ Methodology at RSA event on 24 January 2018

Join Ketan Varia FRSA (Kinetik Solutions) and Neil Reeder FRSA (Head & Heart Economics) on 24 January at RSA for a free event. Bring your real life service issues for a chance to test and problem solve them with the TRIZ method.

Jan

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Posted by Kruti Varia | Business Game, customer experience, demand, game, lean for service, Lean Service Simulation, learning through game, operational excellence, Service Improvements, service-based businesses, simulation | No Comments

Why process simulations are important for service-based businesses

The simulation will let you understand the five principles of Lean, recognise the 7 wastes in the company, and grasp the relationship amongst customer value, demand, variation and their relationship to capacity and resources.

Aug

Posted by Kruti Varia | lean tool, SECAR, Sustainability, Sustainable change | No Comments

5 STEPS TO MAKE YOUR ORGANISATION MORE SUCCESSFUL: Solving Problems with SECAR*

To solve any problem in business, it is fundamental to understand the root cause of the problem first. However, most of the time a problem does not have one cause but many. In this case it is necessary to identify and find tailored ways to tackle the cause(s), which can then result in sustained improvements in the organisation.

Jan

Posted by Kruti Varia | #changemangement, #Philosophy, #philosophy and change management, business and philosophy, card game, change agent, change management, change management and philosophy, Transformational Change, Value | No Comments

How does Change Management connect to Philosophy?

“Philosophy is to be studied not for the sake of any definite answers to its questions, since no definitive answers can, as a rule, be known to be true, but rather for the sake of the questions themselves”
– Bertrand Russell

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