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Challenging the Assumption of the Status Quo

Innovation Excellence

(A Lesson Learned from Yogurt) GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton In September 2006, I moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, on a temporary assignment with BCG. As one does when arriving somewhere for an extended period, I went to the grocery store to stock my kitchen. Since the grocery store was on the ground floor of my […]

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Flow Metrics for the Win — Planview Named a Leader in Forrester Wave™ on Value Stream Management

Planview

My first experience with it was back in 2006 when I took a call from Carey Schwaber of Forrester. I was not sure who Forrester was and why they were researching a category called Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). We held a mutual view on how collaboration and tooling are needed to span the end-to-end software lifecycle.

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Innovation Management in 2023: Venture Building & Scaling

Innov8rs

As part of our recent The Innovator’s Handbook 2023 launch event, we discussed this (and more) with Frank Mattes (CEO at Lean Scaleup), Sean Sheppard (Managing Partner at U+), and Susana Jurado (Head of Wayra Builder at Telefónica). Why can it be so hard for corporates to launch substantial new businesses? Business Building: Pros and Cons.

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The Universality of Leadership: Challenging Industry-Specific Biases

Tullio Siragusa

When he took the reins at Ford in 2006, the company was facing dire financial straits. Leaders with high EI recognize and manage emotions — theirs and others. Such skills lead to genuine relationships, efficient conflict management, and a positive work environment.

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Companies betting big on open innovation

hackerearth

[This paradigm] assumes that firms can and should use external ideas as well as internal ideas, and internal and external paths to market, as they look to advance their technology.” ( Henry Chesbrough, 2006 ). It works because the concept relies on collaboration and mutually beneficial partnerships. Why does open innovation work?

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Strategic Planning Workshop Ideas – The Brainzooming Process Is 10 Years Old!

BrainZooming

We introduced the first Brainzooming strategic planning workshop resembling what we do today as The Brainzooming Group ten years ago, June 19-20, 2006. After several cycles, it became apparent our marketing managers couldn’t translate the ideas into effective plans. The First Brainzooming Strategic Planning Workshop.

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Coaching helps overcome the ten innovation intractables

Paul Hobcraft

I think this might need a good external facilitator as my recommendation, one who has deep innovation knowledge and expertise, able to manage the ‘dynamics’ within the room. Is this the right solution, are we facing different times to manage our organizations in 20th century practices? How do we set about this?