Which of the following actions might help?

You want to improve your team’s Ability to Innovate.

Which of the following actions might help? (choose the best answer)
A . Reduce the number of product variants.
B. Improve the cross-functional skills of your team.
C. Establish "No Meetings" days to help increase focus.
D. All of the above.

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Answer: D

Explanation:

All of these actions will enable the team to focus on value-added activities by reducing overhead and distractions.

Example: A variety of things can impede an organization from being able to deliver new capabilities and value: spending too much time remedying poor product quality, needing to maintain multiple variations of a product due to lack of operational excellence, lack of 9 decentralized decision-making, inability to hire and inspire talented, passionate teammembers, and so on. As low-value features and systemic impediments accumulate, more budget and time is consumed maintaining the product or overcoming impediments, reducing its available capacity to innovate. In addition, anything that prevents users or customers from benefiting from innovation, such as hard to assemble/install products or new versions of products, will also reduce A2I.