Creativity, innovation and lean sigma: a controversial combination?
13 July 2011
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In this article the authors consider the conditions required for improved organizational creativity and innovation. They also explore whether lean sigma deployment has characteristics that make it inherently anti-innovative or a supportive pro-innovative force.
The application of lean sigma is gaining momentum in drug discovery and development but it remains controversial owing to perceptions that process improvement will suppress much-needed creativity and innovation.