Innovation vs. Integration in Automation: How They Differ and Why Both Matter

Since its publishing in 2011, Eric Ries’s bestselling book The Lean Startup (along with its principles, like the Build-Measure-Learn feedback loop) has ushered in an entrepreneurial revolution.

If you’ve been acquainted with SGW Designworks for a while, you know we are vocal champions of our clients’ successes.

When people hear the word “empathy,” many think of how it affects our interpersonal relationships, specifically how we relate to and connect with other humans.

Engineers who have been around pre-CAD remember when sketching their designs on paper was a standard part of the engineering development process.

Well-designed products make us happy.

As a product development company, we focus on applying lean principles and working with insight.

Mature businesses are keenly aware of the resources and investment required when commercializing an idea.

If you wanted to embark on a new business venture but knew it had only a five percent chance of success, would you proceed?

A few months ago, several members of the SGW Designworks leadership team convened for a roundtable discussion that served as both a retrospective and a projection of where we see our company going in the months and years to come.

If the terms “feature creep,” “waterfall,” and “agile methodology” are a regular part of your vernacular, it’s safe to assume your career entails lean hardware development.