As long as we’ve been doing business, somebody’s been peddling a strategy for how to do it better. Vertical integration was the rage, then the outsourcing wave hit. Japan’s “lean” management techniques surged, until Six Sigma rose in the U.S. Now, the ultimate in chic business trends is design thinking. Boot camps, such as Stanford’s four-day,...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 31, 2020 15:22 UTC