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The Role of Innovation in New Product Development: Three Approaches for Success

Qmarkets

Innovation is essential throughout the entire new product development (NPD) process, but nowhere is it more key than it is in the Fuzzy Front End (FFE) stage. FFE is the starting point of NPD and is where new product ideas are generated before entering the formal development process.

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Successfully Merging Theory and Practice in your Innovation Program

Qmarkets

From 2003 to 2007, I have been in charge of the R&D project portfolio management line of business at a solution provider. This often resulted in over engineered solutions that practitioners had a hard time to use. Merging Theory and Practice.

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Part 1: Accelerating the impact of Innovation Campaigns

Values Centered Innovation

In a 2007 McKinsey Quarterly article on “Leadership and Innovation,” the authors made it quite clear that “Innovation is a core driver of growth, performance and valuation.” Implement disruptive technologies. Develop stronger marketing and branding. 65% are concerned that new entrants are disrupting their business models.

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Successfully Merging Theory and Practice in your Innovation Program

Qmarkets

From 2003 to 2007, I have been in charge of the R&D project portfolio management line of business at a solution provider. This often resulted in over engineered solutions that practitioners had a hard time to use. Merging Theory and Practice.

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Good Ideas Often go Nowhere: Here’s What You Can Do About It

The Inovo Group

Eric Yuan, the founder of Zoom, was one of the first 20 employees of WebEx that was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2007. This is especially true for those that are farther from the core competency of the company, but which have the potential to be disruptive. The idea was rejected. The conversations immediately start providing insights.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

They were inventors of the 20th Century; many of which gave rise to the said products. Jack Ma (2000), Jeff Bezos (2003), Mark Zuckerberg (2004), Reed Hastings (2007), Brian Chesky (2008), Travis Kalanick (2009), Anthony Tan (2012). Now, how about these? They were also inventors, but of the 21st Century. Leadership Insights 1.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

They were inventors of the 20th Century; many of which gave rise to the said products. Jack Ma (2000), Jeff Bezos (2003), Mark Zuckerberg (2004), Reed Hastings (2007), Brian Chesky (2008), Travis Kalanick (2009), Anthony Tan (2012). Now, how about these? They were also inventors, but of the 21st Century. Leadership Insights.