Innovation Excellence

JUNE 15, 2020

The consulting industry was already being disrupted before the coronavirus. If you work with consultants or have your own consultancy, take note: Things are changing, fast. Remote work , lean budgets , and the need for contingency plans are three big trends impacting the industry. Consulting Services Stratification.

Change 54

Change Software Review Disruption Technical Review 54

etventure

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Friedrich Arnold, Senior Project Manager at etventure, explains how manufacturers can embrace the Lean Startup methodology as the centerpiece of their Digital Transformation. Proudly, the Head of Production explained to me: “We use Lean Production – meaning we eliminate waste from our manufacturing process.”

LEAN 56

LEAN Underperforming Technical Team Project Technical Review 56

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

From my perspective I’ve been looking at a real challenge today, that many consultants offering innovation services are not providing real sustaining consulting value to clients, only ad-hoc services. In many ways, the consulting industry specializing in innovation is its own worst enemy.

Innovation 60

Innovation Collaboration Technical Review Leadership 60

Leanstack

JUNE 7, 2018

I’m working on my most ambitious project yet. Over the last nine years, I’ve published two best-selling books: Running Lean and Scaling Lean. Sure, each switch is grounded in new technology (invention), but the reason we switched (innovation) starts with old problems that may have been okay for a while, until they’re not.

Project 74

Project LEAN Case Study Software Review 74

mjvinnovation

MAY 29, 2019

Feedback meetings (review and retro) are held to evaluate the changeable points and the way to be followed in new sprints (plannings), which guarantees better prioritization and reduction of gaps. Lean Startup. Principles of Lean Startup: Build – create a prototype of a product that is simple and meets basic needs.

Agile 40

Agile Learning Development Team Review Technical Review 40

Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

I have spent years researching what capabilities are actually required to facilitate and deliver innovative ideas, and have tested and refined these ideas with some of the world’s largest companies while I was an innovation subject matter expert at the world’s largest Management Consulting firm.

Company 276

Company Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Leadership 276

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Rapidly changing customer behaviours, disruptive digital technologies, and the emergence of agile fintech start-ups means that disruption is an ever-present danger. The resounding success of TSYS’ Project WOW provides invaluable lessons for leaders in the financial sector looking to drive continuous improvement across all fronts.

Software Review 40

Software Review Crowdsourcing Technical Review Project 40

Boxes and Arrows

MAY 5, 2015

Have you ever asked for an update on a project you’d invested a great deal of time and energy in, only to hear “they have completely redesigned it since then”? After some wallowing, I realized I needed to discover a new way to think about the way I work and what really matters in my consulting career. Client mentoring as an investment.

Underperforming Technical Team 86

Underperforming Technical Team Project Technical Review Design 86

Innovation 360 Group

MARCH 10, 2019

While much has been written on choosing the most promising innovation project and helping it succeed in the market after implementation, one crucial step in the middle hasn’t received enough attention: how to actually get the job done and done well. Practitioners include Toyota’s lean manufacturing team and British Airways.

Leadership 61

Leadership Radical Innovation Innovation Project 61

Qmarkets

JUNE 16, 2017

Over the last couple of decades, Silicon Valley has been responsible for inventing and reinventing all kinds of gadgets and technologies: the music player, the phone, the watch, the TV and the computer itself. In their view, cars are an old, inconvenient technology, destroying lives, polluting the air, and contributing to global warming.

Industry 56

Industry Technical Review Software Review Disruption 56

Gregg Fraley

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Patrick Lencioni’s model of team performance is reviewed and tools are presented on how to breakthrough conflict, establish trust, and move into high performance. Creative Problem Solving Model: Most teams lack a common approach, or language, to resolve challenges and manage projects. Candidate Teams for Momentum.

Underperforming Technical Team 40

Underperforming Technical Team Training Software Review Collaboration 40

Innovation 360 Group

JULY 25, 2017

Not long ago one of my clients, a very skilled former top consultant, now a seasoned industry leader, asked for “ Artificial Intelligence for Dummies ”. The technology matures but many of the promises that were made have been broken. One example how technology and coincidence most likely changed history is Enigma.

Artificial Inteligence 63

Artificial Inteligence Innovation Management Management Technical Review 63

Outside Innovation

JUNE 30, 2015

Instead, ask customers to share their strategies and plans with one another for peer review. Build close relationships with your top business and technical execs. 2 Things Customer Advisory Board Members Hate: Demo's of products about to be launched that they weren't consulted about. There's Gold in those Customer Metrics!

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Meeting LEAN Tips 40

Boxes and Arrows

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The company was composed of the founder, fresh from B-school; a technical lead also just out of school; a few engineers; and sales/marketing, which was already pitching to companies. It’s my standard question of any new project, and, I was learning, also a good gauge of where companies were in their process. This after receiving $1.2

Technical Review 104

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team LEAN 104

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 20, 2015

Simply put companies ‘die’ due to their inability to adapt to change and transformation projects fail because the message somehow fails to register and never gets completed to the original objectives. This requires technology to be central to this different thinking, alongside a radical shift in how we see innovation.

Change 100

Change Technical Review Marketing Management 100

Planview

JUNE 16, 2022

To create interconnected products and services that move a company forward, business leaders must continually assess and evolve capabilities while directing cross-organizational coordination between strategy, work, people, technology, and outcomes. Planview Enterprise One Reviews. IT Portfolio Management Senior Consultant.

Technical Review 59

Technical Review Agile Resources Project 59

IM Insights

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

So, when I started out becoming interested in lean startup and the sort of things, you were one of the big names, right. But I’ve had a close collaboration with the KTH Royal Institute of Technology here in Stockholm for eight years now. And your company’s called Lean Ventures, right? . And you continue being that.

Innovation Management 40

Innovation Management Management Innovation Report 40

CMOE

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

BetterUp BetterUp® leans on science and technology to identify a personalized coaching path for leaders and companies. Performance Consultants Performance Consultants is comprised of a global team of coaches, facilitators, and project managers across 23 languages. CoachFirm CoachFirm leans on the S.O.M.E.

Leadership 52

Leadership eBook Entrepreneurship Resources 52