INNOVATION ROOTS

Definition:

Having someone on the business side who has the time and inclination to work with the team is critical. Adopting agile methodologies, scrum requires changes on the business side of the development, not just the technical side.

An engaged business sponsor can help the team if it needs to push against entrenched business process, departments, or individuals in delivering valuable outcome to gain competitive advantage in the era of disruptive market. Business Sponsor, is the one who understand the market needs so as he is the person who promotes the success of the project who gets what is expected. Business sponsor accepting and giving positive feedback to team saying present project delivered more than past project will work wonders and help in getting more sponsors.

Further Reading:
Book:SUCCEEDING WITH AGILE Software Development Using Scrum by Mike Cohn

Definition

‘Improvement’ and ‘Evolution’ are two things that are expected in any form of business or entrepreneurial effort. Methodologies that have been used to denote it have been called many names- Kaizen, TQM, Lean etc. However for decades, they’ve been implemented with resistance and often, outright rejection. Often the tools and people are blamed for the failures, without the correct reason ever being recognized.

Hansei as a practice, brings ‘Self Introspection’, ‘Self Reflection’ and ‘Self Improvement’ into the mix. It’s a process that constantly engages people in improvement. ‘Han’ means to change, and ‘Sei’ means to look back upon. It’s a philosophy that believes in taking the negative, erroneous aspects that people often possess, and turn them into productivity, thought and constructive work. The process helps people understand their strengths and weaknesses.

Origin

From the Japanese Language. ‘Han’ means to change. ‘Sei’ means to reflect upon.

Further Reading

“Watashi no hansei (Vol-1): joyū seikatsu”(book), by Eiko. Murata.

Tag: Business

Hansei | Glossary

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