by Geoff Neiley | May 31, 2025 | Lean Product Development
I recently returned from attending the Lean Product and Process Development Exchange (LPPDE) conference in Stockholm, Sweden. It was an excellent event with significant value for all attendees. I would like to reflect on three key takeaways from this event. For some,...
by Geoff Neiley | Aug 7, 2024 | Lean Product Development
A story of transitioning from a slow, dilapidated, development environment to a lean innovation engine. I joined the company as a manager in the mechanical engineering department in 2011. We had a waterfall product development system. I recall one project that had...
by Geoff Neiley | Jun 21, 2022 | Lean Product Development
A few years ago, at LPPDE NA, I sat at a discussion table with Jim Morgan. The subject at this table was the Chief Engineering role in an organization. He shared that as a chief engineer at Ford he wanted to build “Towering Technical Competency” in the engineering...
by Geoff Neiley | Mar 7, 2022 | Lean Product Development
I heard it once said that “The value that engineering brings to an organization is the creation of useful knowledge.” I thought the value I brought was the new product I develop for the customer!? But where do those products come from? How do we make decisions about...
by Geoff Neiley | Feb 25, 2021 | Knowledge, Lean Product Development
Rowing is a team sport and so is product development. Why is this an important idea? A couple years ago I read the book The Boys In The Boat (Danial James Brown, Penguin Books, 2014) and I learned about the concept of “swing.” Swing is when all eight oarsmen are...
