Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Recently I was exploring the world of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and read an excellent Whitepaper from Aras Corp , one of the leading PLM solution providers. I have argued we do need to change the way we undertake innovation and its development. Aras PLM Product Innovation Platform. A truly open innovation platform.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 26, 2015

We teach trend spotting and scenario planning to our customers to help them understand the importance of recognizing emerging needs and emerging segments, because the great ideas they generate won't become products or services very quickly. And then I ask them to tell me their firm's average product development process timeframe.

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Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 31, 2010

I built a team with a dedicated user researcher; information architect; interaction and visual designers and we even made a guerilla usability lab and had regular test sessions. As the Creative Director, I deferred authority to him to develop the product as he saw fit. This is an extreme example of where SCRUM went bad.

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The Inovo Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

It is what will drive an enterprise’s creative engine that is the source of long-term, future growth Most of today’s large corporate enterprises treat strategy, R&D, and innovation as separate and distinct functions – worthy of specialized teams, segmented funding, reporting structures and operational charters. This is starting to change.

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Faisal Hoque

DECEMBER 10, 2020

For instance, an engineer who can develop brilliant new product designs but who can’t effectively communicate the value of those designs to others (or collaborate with design teams to bring those ideas to life) is doing himself and his organization a major disservice.

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Faisal Hoque

DECEMBER 10, 2020

For instance, an engineer who can develop brilliant new product designs but who can’t effectively communicate the value of those designs to others (or collaborate with design teams to bring those ideas to life) is doing himself and his organization a major disservice.

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Moves the Needle

JANUARY 22, 2016

In lean startup, before beginning to test solution ideas, one focuses on developing empathy through customer development interviews. Market Research and Product Silos vs. Cross-Functional Teams For starters, product and market research are usually two separate activities. They require two separate teams.

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Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Dear Project Managers, It has been a very enjoyable experience working with everyone over the last couple of months and sharing our ideas on UX design. User-centric design principles, however, do not replace the fact-finding mission we all need to take as UX designers; they merely serve as a starting point for making design decisions.

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Planview

APRIL 4, 2018

Spigit: Are there any trends, specifically in innovation or technology, that you’re excited about exploring more in 2018? There’s a lot that the various groups within Johnson and Johnson can do across the board with digital technology, and the capabilities and opportunities it presents.

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IdeaSpies

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. Most of them were organizations that ‘make and sell’ products (Abbott Laboratories, Kimberly-Clark, Philip Morris, and Gillette Company). The management consultant giant McKinsey and Co. The question is “Why?” Leadership Insights 1.

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IdeaSpies

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. Most of them were organizations that ‘make and sell’ products (Abbott Laboratories, Kimberly-Clark, Philip Morris, and Gillette Company). The title of this piece is ‘Great to Good’. The management consultant giant McKinsey and Co.

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mjvinnovation

JANUARY 27, 2021

What is UX Design, and how does it work? UX Design, or User Experience Design, is essentially about how the user feels when performing a particular task in a physical or digital context. What is UI Design, and how does it work? UI design is related to the interactions between the interface and the user.

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IdeaSpies

AUGUST 31, 2018

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. Most of them were organizations that ‘make and sell’ products (Abbott Laboratories, Kimberly-Clark, Philip Morris, and Gillette Company). The title of this piece is ‘Great to Good’. The management consultant giant McKinsey and Co.

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Moves the Needle

JUNE 3, 2016

We’ve learned from the collapse of Kodak, Blockbuster, RadioShack and other once-prominent organizations that a corporate culture designed to uphold and manage existing success can actually become the arch nemesis of an enterprise that needs to be agile in order to evolve to meet the needs of quickly changing global markets.

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Legacy Innovation Group

APRIL 1, 2019

The lens through which the Design profession sees the world is generally one of how to deconstruct challenges and opportunities into deeper levels of human need and attack them at these deeper levels so as to deliver substantially better value and experiences. Thank you, Design! So a thank you also to the Accounting profession.

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Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 7, 2013

This is an excerpt from from Kim Goodwin’s excellent Designing for the Digital Age. Note that it’s as important for in-house teams to ask most of these questions as it is for consultants; you may know one answer, but do you know this particular stakeholder’s answer? What’s your role with respect to this product?

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Moves the Needle

JUNE 3, 2016

We’ve learned from the collapse of Kodak, Blockbuster, RadioShack and other once-prominent organizations that a corporate culture designed to uphold and manage existing success can actually become the arch nemesis of an enterprise that needs to be agile in order to evolve to meet the needs of quickly changing global markets.

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The Inovo Group

MAY 14, 2018

At the time, there were no widely recognized market research reports, customer insights, or technology roadmaps (except perhaps inside Apple) that projected what the world might conceivably look like in 2017. Articulate artifacts, experiences and influences – expand beyond technology. Technology roadmapping?

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CorporateIntel

APRIL 1, 2012

Information compounds on our desktops, the team with analysis paralysis most often loses to the nimble risk takers—but all this means is that in product development , the role of Quality Assurance (QA) has never been more critical. You want an industry defining product, show us the money or don’t ask for a date.

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Boxes and Arrows

APRIL 15, 2009

– Karl Fast Do we have the conceptual tools necessary for designing with next-generation technologies? New technologies for interacting with information are moving from the lab to our homes. Too many designers seem guided by the flawed notion that not just design but documentation too must be ever unique.

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Peer Insight

JANUARY 2, 2019

Corporate Innovation Groups (CIGs) are often on “offense” when it comes to new product development and technological innovation, particularly when it comes to engaging the market and mitigating market-facing risks. That’s a common project-related risk that is handled via good research design. So it got killed.”.

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

In many cases (especially those listed in the book, such as Computer Storage, Department Stores and Construction Equipment), the small company releases a new technology which is inferior in quality or performance to that of the large company, but makes up for it in another way, like a lower price or convenience.

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Boxes and Arrows

MARCH 17, 2015

Collecting data about design is easy in the digital world. New digital technologies allow us to easily measure almost anything, and apps, social media platforms, websites, and email programs come with built-in tools to track data. And, as of late, data-driven design has become increasingly popular. Those bad numbers?

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hackerearth

MAY 12, 2017

Apple has refashioned consumer experience with its iconic branding, stylish design and a diverse product range, its own retail stores, and important partnerships with the competition. The climb has been quite an uphill task for the iconic toy designer. If you thought GameCube was bad, Wii U was worse.

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Moves the Needle

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

When it comes to the development and commercialization of new products , no one holds more accountability for the product’s ultimate success than the Product Manager. Product Manager” isn’t exactly a title that fits neatly into a box.

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Moves the Needle

AUGUST 14, 2018

And in practice, we combine three important ideas: design thinking, Lean Startup, and agile methodology. Applying these principles or methodologies throughout an enterprise helps mitigate the risk of producing products or services no one wants , and allows the allocation of capital and resources to ideas that create value.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Colin Palombo, Managing Partner at Innovation Framework Technologies, explains how experimentation and innovation should work hand in hand to produce groundbreaking results. Amazon is one of the most innovative companies on the planet – launching successful, bold new products and services on a regular basis.

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Innovation 360 Group

AUGUST 25, 2019

Acknowledging the need for pursuing deeper impact over a wider area, the Growkomp Regional Development Project was designed to develop the innovation capacities of 22 manufacturing companies in the Småland regionof Sweden over a two-year period. The EU funded-development project was launched in 2016 with 8.2 The Solution.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Almost every business operation has been affected: from the manner firms talk to their customers to the logistics of product delivery to maintaining channels of communication between employees. Besides, less information is known to be shared in online communication, increasing the likelihood of poor decision-making.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Almost every business operation has been affected: from the manner firms talk to their customers to the logistics of product delivery to maintaining channels of communication between employees. Technology, of course, can help. Corporate Innovation: A Victim of Remote Work? Crowdsourcing to the Rescue?

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Colin Palombo, Managing Partner at Innovation Framework Technologies, explains how experimentation needs to be a key part of your innovation process. If you want to create a successful, hyper-growth company, you've got to focus on empowering your teams to rapidly experiment.”. Encourage bold/crazy ideas 2.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Colin Palombo, Managing Partner at Innovation Framework Technologies, explains how experimentation needs to be a key part of your innovation process. If you want to create a successful, hyper-growth company, you've got to focus on empowering your teams to rapidly experiment.”. Encourage bold/crazy ideas 2.

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etventure

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In this article, etventure’s Head of Product Gregor Ilg will take a closer look at the buzzword “Agile” – and de-mystify Agile in a business context. If it is not applied properly, agile development can easily turn into chaos! Commence development – which might take many months to complete. What is Agile?

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Tim Kastelle

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

In a more up-to-date sense, this balance also comprises collaborating with external partners, e.g. teaming up between multinational corporations and startups or small companies. Open doors and listen vs. Be loyal to your team. As executing and developing a business requires increasing specialization (e.g.

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Integrative Innovation

FEBRUARY 14, 2015

In a more up-to-date sense, this balance also comprises collaborating with external partners, e.g. teaming up between multinational corporations and startups or small companies. Open doors and listen vs. Be loyal to your team. As executing and developing a business requires increasing specialization (e.g.

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