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title: New Thinking in Lean Product Development
description: "New thinking in Lean Product Development: Looking for some new material on Lean thinking? This week we have a smorgasbord of big ideas from Don Reinertsen, Michael Balle and the Lean Enterprise Institute."
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# [New Thinking in Lean Product Development](https://playbookteam.com/resources/blog/new-thinking-lean-product-development)

 Written by [Elyssa Pallai](https://playbookteam.com/resources/blog/author/elyssa-pallai) | Apr 23, 2016 6:00:00 AM

Looking for some new material on Lean thinking? This week we have a smorgasbord of big ideas from Don Reinertsen, Michael Balle and the Lean Enterprise Institute.

# New Thinking in Lean Product Development

## The Big Ideas Behind Lean Product Development, by Don Reinertsen

Watch this video to find out Don Reinertsen's big ideas behind Lean product development. It will definitely make you think! But it's worth the intellectual workout.

[Watch the](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyEtKpqqx_s)[ v](http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2016/01/deconstructing-urgent-vs-important.html)[ideo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyEtKpqqx_s)

## 10 Signs You Respect Me As An Employee by Michael Balle

Don't let the title fool you. This article from FastCompany shows how Lean thinking can be applied to the new world of management.

[View article](http://www.fastcompany.com/3036623/the-future-of-work/10-signs-you-respect-me-as-an-employee)

## It's the Productivity, Not the People, by Craig Stritar

You'll need a break after all that thinking.  Here is a light article that demonstrates how easily Lean concepts can be applied to a simple production line on a fishing boat.

[View article](http://www.lean.org/LeanPost/Posting.cfm?LeanPostId=521)

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